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Polls close in Indonesia, next president should be clear within hours
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 16, 2019 / 6:38 PM / UPDATED 41 MINUTES AGO
Polls close in Indonesia, next president should be clear within hours
Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jessica Damiana
5 MIN READ
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Polls closed in Indonesia on Wednesday in elections for president and parliament after a campaign across the sprawling equatorial archipelago that was dominated by economic issues but also marked by the growing influence of conservative Islam.
The eight-hour vote across a country that stretches more than 5,000 km (3,000 miles) from its western to eastern tips was both a Herculean logistical feat and testimony to the resilience of democracy two decades after authoritarianism was defeated.
President Joko Widodo, a furniture businessman who entered politics 14 years ago as a small-city mayor, is seeking re-election against former general Prabowo Subianto, whom he narrowly defeated in the last election, in 2014.
Most opinion polls give Widodo a double-digit lead, but the opposition says the race is much closer and Prabowo, dressed in a white shirt and a traditional peci cap, said before voting in the city of Bogor he was optimistic about winning.
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Polls close in Indonesia, next president should be clear within hours
Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jessica Damiana
5 MIN READ
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Polls closed in Indonesia on Wednesday in elections for president and parliament after a campaign across the sprawling equatorial archipelago that was dominated by economic issues but also marked by the growing influence of conservative Islam.
The eight-hour vote across a country that stretches more than 5,000 km (3,000 miles) from its western to eastern tips was both a Herculean logistical feat and testimony to the resilience of democracy two decades after authoritarianism was defeated.
President Joko Widodo, a furniture businessman who entered politics 14 years ago as a small-city mayor, is seeking re-election against former general Prabowo Subianto, whom he narrowly defeated in the last election, in 2014.
Most opinion polls give Widodo a double-digit lead, but the opposition says the race is much closer and Prabowo, dressed in a white shirt and a traditional peci cap, said before voting in the city of Bogor he was optimistic about winning.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-election/polls-close-in-indonesia-next-president-should-be-clear-within-hours-idUSKCN1RS2CX
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