[4] According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates were required to secure support from 24 seats in the West Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD).

[5][6] Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in West Java's case corresponds to 2.32 million copies.

PKB and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle had already agreed to back Ono Surono as Governor with Acep Adang Ruhiat as his running mate on 15 August 2024.

[11] However with the new ruling issued by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, PKB decided to leave the coalition agreement with PDI-P and field their own candidates with Acep running as governor.

[17] During the candidate registration, Ono Surono blamed his failure to nominate Anies because of alleged intervention from outside forces.

We know that Mr. Anies is a native from Kuningan, West Java and has a good track record building Jakarta.

But that larger force made Mr. Anies not to be nominated by PDI-P.Anies Baswedan however explained his decision to not run saying that there is no popular aspiration present in the people of West Java unlike in Jakarta and thanked PDI-P for the offer.

[20] PDI-P secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto also echoed Ono's statement, saying there is no dissent within the party ranks.

Hasto however tasked Ono Surono to take part in the leadership of the West Java Regional House of Representatives as well as being the campaign manager for Jeje-Ronal.

[26] Initially, many media speculation has said that Ridwan Kamil will run for reelection and he has a high approval rating even reaching 50% in the polls.

[27] However, the Advanced Indonesia Coalition spearheaded by Gerindra Party recommended Ridwan Kamil to run for Governor of Jakarta.

Finally, after Ridwan Kamil was nominated by Advanced Indonesia Coalition Plus became a candidate for governor of Jakarta.

Golkar appointed the former Deputy Regent of Sumedang who is also the son of Persib Bandung Manager Umuh Muchtar, namely Erwan Setiawan, as a candidate for Vice Governor with Dedi Mulyadi.