PDIP Optimistic About Winning 2014 General Election

Jakarta, Feb 4 (Antara) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is optimistic about its prospects of winning the 2014 general election following the current outcome of a survey conducted by a research firm, claimed a party representative. "We are optimistic about winning, although we are still aware that the margin of error in such surveys is around three percent and the number of undecided voters is 30 percent," PDIP Vice Secretary General Eriko Sotarduga stated here on Tuesday. He noted that the PDIP had targeted to garner 27.02 percent of the total votes in the upcoming general election. "With God`s will and the spirit of cooperation among the party members, I believe PDIP can achieve the goal," he emphasized. As per the result of a recently conducted survey by the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI), the Golkar Party and PDIP are likely to win the 2014 general election. "There is a high likelihood of the new government being dominated by the representatives from the Golkar Party and PDIP," remarked LSI researcher Adjie Alfaraby. According to the LSI`s survey conducted between January 6 and 16 and involving 1.2 thousand respondents across 33 provinces in Indonesia, Golkar garnered the highest votes with 18.3 percent, followed by PDIP with 18.2 percent votes, Gerindra with 8.7 percent votes, Democrat with 4.7 percent votes, and Hanura with 4 percent votes. Other parties such as the PKB obtained 3.7 percent votes, PPP received 3.6 percent votes, PAN with 3.3 percent votes, PKS with 2.2 percent votes, Nasdem with 2 percent votes, PBB with 0.7 percent votes, and PKPI with 0.5 percent votes. The LSI survey was conducted using a quantitative multistage random sampling system with a 2.0 percent margin of error.