T Tempo Magazine regularly makes news or investigations related to the issue of 2024 Indonesian Election. This issue also visualized as an illustration on the cover design in several editions. The cover designs for several editions of Tempo Magazine during the period of February 2022 to February 2024 showed figures incompletely, partially, and hidden, making them vague and have multiple interpretations. This cover design often makes controversy but also has a positive impact for the identity and attraction of Tempo Magazine. This research aims to determine the construction of signs on the Tempo Magazine cover design in representing hidden figures related to the 2024 Indonesian Election issue and to interpret the message. This research uses a qualitative approach using Peirce\\\'s semiotic analysis method combined with Moriarty and Keith Kenney\\\'s theory of recognition and representation. The results of this research show that sign construction consists of non-verbal and verbal signs which complement each other in conveying messages related to the issues raised in the edition to readers. There are several types of messages conveyed by Tempo Magazine through a visual approach in this cover design, visualizing sensitive opinions that are deliberately disguised, social criticism of political conditions or the 2024 Election, predictions of future political events, and sparking curiosity to increase purchasing decisions from the target readers.