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The 2018 West Nusa Tenggara gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of West Nusa Tenggara alongside their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.

With incumbent Muhammad Zainul Majdi meeting his term limits, People's Representative Council member Zulkieflimansyah came ahead in the four-candidate race, defeating regents of Central Lombok and East Lombok Mohammad Suhaili Fadhil Thahir and Ali Bin Dahlan, alongside Mataram mayor Ahyar Abduh, winning 31.8 percent of votes.

Timeline

Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017.^[2] The numerical order of the candidates were determined on 13 February through a lottery.^[3] The campaigning period commenced between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.^[4]

Candidates

#^[3]	Candidate	Positions^[5]	Parties
1	M. Suhaili FT	Regent of Central Lombok	Golkar Nasdem PKB
1	Muhammad Amin	Incumbent Vice Governor	Golkar Nasdem PKB
2	Ahyar Abduh	Mayor of Mataram	Gerindra PAN PPP PDI-P PBB Hanura
2	Mori Hanafi	Deputy Speaker of DPRD NTB	Gerindra PAN PPP PDI-P PBB Hanura
3	Zulkieflimansyah	Member of DPR	Demokrat PKS
3	Siti Rohmi Jalilah		Demokrat PKS
4	Ali bin Dahlan	Regent of East Lombok	Independent
4	Gede Wirasakti AM		Independent

Results

No	Candidate	Votes	%
1	Suhaili/Amin	674,602	26.42
2	Ahyar/Hanafi	637,048	24,95
3	Zul/Sitti	811,945	31.80
4	Dachlan/Murni	430,007	16.84

Total votes		2,553,602
Invalid votes		84,361
Turnout		2,637,963	73.81
Source: KPU^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Pemilihan Gubernur Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat". infopemilu.kpu.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
^ Putra, Putu Merta Surya (8 January 2018). "Pendaftaran Paslon Pilkada 2018 Dibuka, KPU Ingatkan Ikuti Aturan". liputan6 (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b Bahanan, Hans (13 February 2018). "Ini Nomor Urut Pasangan Calon Gubernur di Pilkada NTB". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Suryowati, Estu (14 June 2017). "Tahapan Pilkada Serentak 2018 Dimulai, Ini Jadwal Lengkapnya". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ Nursyamsyi, Muhammad (10 January 2018). "Ini Empat Paslon yang Akan Bertarung di Pilgub NTB". Republika (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 November 2018.