Pemilihan Gubernur Jawa Tengah tahun 2013 terdapat beberapa fenomena menarik yang melatar belakangi penelitian, diantaranya kemenangan pasangan nomor urut 3 yang hanya diusung oleh satu partai politik, mengungguli perolehan suara pasangan calon yang diusung banyak partai politik, incumbent, figur/ketokohan, agama, ekonomi maupun latar belakang pendidikan pasangan calon. Pendekatan penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dengan jenis komparatif. Berdasarkan analisis perolehan suara dengan tipologi wilayah diperoleh hasil bahwa masa pemilih dari ketiga calon gubernur tersebut mempunyai mempunyai distribusi yang merata di wilayah pegunungan tinggi-dataran rendah, pesisir pedalaman, desa-kota. Sedangkan berdasarkan tipologi wilayah Eks Karesidenan calon gubernur Hadi Prabowo - Don Murdono mempunyai suara yang lebih besar di Eks Karesidenan Pekalongan, calon gubernur Bibit Waluyo - Sudijono Sastroatmodjo mempunyai massa lebih besar di Eks Karesidenan Semarang, dan pasangan calon gubernur dan wakil gubernur Ganjar Pranowo - Heru Sudjatmiko lebih besar di Eks Karesidenan Surakarta.

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For central Java governor election in 2013 there were some interesting phenomena of the research background, including victories pair number 3 which is the only are carried by a political party, over passing of the vote the candidate who carried many political parties, the incumbent, figure/personality, religious, economic and the educational background of the candidate. The objective research is to descriptive method with comparative types. Based on the analysis of the vote by the typology of the area showed that the future voters of the three candidates for governor have had an even distribution in the high mountain region - lowland, coastal, inland, rural and urban. While based typology region governatial candidate residency Hadi Prabowo ? Don Murdono have a greater voice in ex-resicendy Pekalongan, a candidate for governor Bibit Waluyo - Sudijono Sastroatmodjo have a greater mass in ex-residency Semarang, and the candidate for governor and vice governor greater Ganjar Pronowo - Heru Sudjatmiko dashing in ex-residency Surakarta.