Indonesia election: official count hands victory to Joko Widodo as rival cries foul
2019-05-21 08:22:33 source：The Guardian
May 20, 2019
Incumbent President Joko Widodo has won last month’s Indonesian election with 55.5% of votes against 44.5% for his challenger, retired General Prabowo Subianto, the election commission’s official count said early on Tuesday.
The official result released by the General Election Commission (KPU) confirmed unofficial counts by private pollsters, giving Widodo a comfortable victory. It could could trigger a legal challenge and potential street protests after Prabowo claimed widespread cheating.
Widodo won more than 85 million of the total 154 million votes cast in the world’s third-largest democracy on 17 April. There was no immediate reaction from him or his campaign team.
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