2008 Bali gubernatorial election
9 July 2008
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The 2008 Bali gubernatorial election was a regional head election in Indonesia held on 9 July 2008 to elect the governor and vice governor of Bali for the five-year term (2008–2013). The 2008 Bali gubernatorial election was the first time in Bali's history where candidate for the governor and vice governor were directly elected by the people by vote. Candidate I Made Mangku Pastika of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) won this election defeating two other candidates, namely Tjokorda Gde Budi Suryawan of the Golkar Party and I Gede Winasa of the Democratic Party.
There were three at once candidate pairs competing in this election. I Made Mangku Pastika a retired police officer won on this election.