President-elect Prabowo urges unity after resounding victory
The former special forces commander and current defense minister won the Feb. 14 contest with nearly 60 percent of votes, a landslide victory over rivals Anies Baswedan and Ganjar…
Indonesia’s General Elections Commission confirms Prabowo’s landslide win
The final tally showed that Prabowo and his running mate, Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s eldest son, secured 96.2 million…
PDI-P wins popular vote, Golkar close behind
The KPU has yet to announce how the votes will translate into House seats, but having the most votes means the PDI-P stands to extend its dominance in the legislature for another…
Two regions to go before official election results announced in Indonesia
With 36 provinces and all of the overseas voting accounted for, the KPU’s central office still needs to certify the returns from Papua and the Papua Highlands before it can…
Indonesia’s election commission races to finish vote tally
Meeting the deadline is likely not be the KPU’s only worry, as observers have questioned the KPU’s ability to reliably determine the election results following accusations of…
Battlegrounds tumble in favour of Prabowo, tally shows
The General Elections Commission has confirmed presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto’s upset win in key battleground provinces, as organizers raced to conclude the election…
Civil society piles pressure on Indonesia’s political parties to launch House probe
An alliance of some 50 activists, members of civil groups and experts said suspicions of fraud could erode Indonesia’s democracy and undermine public faith in the incoming…
President Jokowi to maintain influence after succession
He will remain a significant player in shaping the country’s political dynamics through the next generation of his family, with his eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka almost…
Smooth progress for Indonesian GE’s re-voting process in KL
According a source at the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, about 6,000 voters turned up at the World Trade Centre, the largest voting centre for Indonesians abroad.
Indonesia’s election commission stops publishing preliminary vote count on online platform
KPU commissioner Idham Holik said the body had chosen to focus solely on “publishing the official results of the election based on tiered tabulation”.