 While forecast to win just around 8% of the votes in surveys preceding the election, Sudrajat ended up winning 28.74% of the votes (6,317,465), placing second behind Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil (with Gerindra claiming that their internal survey placed Sudrajat in the first place).Close to Kamil's swearing in, his campaign team demanded the ceremony be cancelled due to administrative errors conducted.He was part of Prabowo Subianto's 2014 presidential campaign team, as one of its spokespersons.