Since 2005, regional head elections have been directly elected by the people through the General Election of Regional Heads (Pilkada). The pair are nominated by political parties and/or independents. Pilkada in Indonesia in 2024 will be held simultaneously for regions whose regional head terms of office end in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The total number of regions that will hold simultaneous regional head elections in 2024 is 545 regions with details of 37 provinces, 415 regencies, and 93 cities. The article will elaborate on the driving and inhibiting factors for women's participation as candidates for Pilkada in the 2024 elections. In our findings, there has been a phenomenon of increasing participation of women running for regional heads. However, this increase did not achieve significant results because the percentage of men running for office was higher than women. This is due to several factors, mainly, stigma, culture, and political interests.