Unofficial ‘quick count’ results show incumbent president nearly nine points ahead

Kate Lamb in Jakarta
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Wed 17 Apr 2019 06.53 EDT
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Joko Widodo looks likely to have secured a comfortable win over his rival in Indonesian elections, according to unofficial “quick counts”.

The counts, conducted by several credible polling agencies, show the incumbent president ahead of his political rival, the former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, by almost 9 percentage points.

“We have seen everything from the exit poll and quick count indications, but we must be patient and wait for calculations from the KPU officially,” the president said on Wednesday, referring the national elections commission.

“Let us reunite as brothers and sisters of the country after this election, establish our harmony and brotherhood.”

The official results of the election – a mammoth logistical undertaking in a nation stretched across thousands of islands – are not expected for another month but the unofficial quick counts, based on samples of votes, have proved to be reliable early indicators in the past.

A quick count from the survey institute Litbang Kompas, based on a sample of almost 75% of votes, placed the president, better known by his nickname “Jokowi”, and his running mate, the Islamic cleric Ma’ruf Amin, on 54.19%, and Prabowo and the former investment manager Sandiaga Uno on 45.81%.

Source:the guardian

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