Four pairs of candidates contested the election, with Muhammad Ridho Ficardo winning a plurality of the votes.

The gubernatorial election was initially planned to be held on 2 October 2013.

The Lampung provincial government had also offered January 2014 and early 2015 as potential election dates, but these were rejected.

[1] The gubernatorial election and legislative elections were held at the same location, with voters receiving five ballots (four for legislative candidates and one for the gubernatorial election), and the provincial government continued to fund the gubernatorial ballot boxes.

[3] Incumbent governor Sjachroedin Zainal Pagaralam [id] was ineligible to run in the election, having served two terms.