REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TEMANGGUNG - The Prabowo-Hatta presidential and vice presidential candidate duo's electability was increasing, according to a number of surveys, adviser of the pairs success team Akbar Tanjung said.

"A number of surveys reveal the increasing approval of the Prabowo-Hatta Rajasa pair. The upward trend must be maintained," Akbar who is also chief patron of the Golkar Party (one of the political parties in the alliance that nominates Prabowo), said on Saturday.

The electability of the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa duo outshone that of the Jokowi-JK pair, according to survey results furnished earlier by the Indonesian Polling and Survey Institute (SPIN).

The National Survey Institute (LSN) also conducted a survey from June 1 to 8, 2014, while the SPIN carried out the opinion poll from June 1 to 4, 2014. The survey result by LSN shows Prabowo's electability rating at 46.3 percent over that of Jokowi-JK at 38.8 percent. The SPIN's survey shows the electability statistics of Prabowos team at 44.9 percent over the Jokowi pair at 40.1 percent.

Indonesia will organize a free and democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by only two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla.

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