2024 North Maluku gubernatorial election

The 2024 North Maluku gubernatorial election will be held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor of North Maluku for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.

Electoral system
The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.

Candidates
According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates are required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 9 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the North Maluku Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). As no parties won 9 or more seats in the 2024 legislative election, parties are required to form coalitions in order to nominate a candidate. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, but no independent candidates registered prior to the deadline set by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

The previously elected governor, Abdul Ghani Kasuba, had served two terms and was therefore ineligible to run in the election. He was also arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission in December 2023.

Potential
The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:
 * Aliong Mus (Golkar), two-term regent of Taliabu Island.
 * Benny Laos, former regent of Morotai Island.
 * Ahmad Hidayat Mus (Golkar), former regent of Sula Islands.
 * Husain Syah, senator representing North Maluku and the titular Sultan of Tidore.
 * Taufik Madjid, secretary-general of the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration.

Political map
Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election,twelve political parties are represented in the North Maluku DPRD: