Early results from Indonesia's election on Wednesday showed President Joko Widodo with a comfortable lead.
Early results from Indonesia's election on Wednesday showed President Joko Widodo with a comfortable lead, in line with opinion polls that had predicted the low-key reformist was heading for a second five-year term.
"We are not claiming anything yet," CSIS Executive Director Philips Vermonte told Reuters."The data will likely stabilise at 90 percent. Our staff are validating the data." Widodo, a furniture businessman who entered politics 14 years ago as a small-city mayor, narrowly defeated Prabowo in the last election, in 2014.
However, even before the election, the opposition alleged voter-list irregularities that it said could affect millions and vowed legal or"people power" action if its concerns were ignored.
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