[4] Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in South Tangerang's case corresponds to 71,143 copies.

[9][10] Siti Nur Azizah is a daughter of Vice President of Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin, and deputy secretary general in the Democratic Party.

[11] Prior to the election, she had run for a seat in the House of Representatives as a United Development Party candidate, and had worked for 15 years in the Ministry of Religious Affairs beforehand.

[12][13] Her running mate, Ruhamaben from the Prosperous Justice Party, is a former aeronautical engineer who had served in South Tangerang's legislature as its deputy speaker.

His running mate, Pilar Saga Ichsan, is an architect active in the city's development projects with family ties to former Banten governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah.