Prabowo, as Subianto is commonly known, has alleged irregularities in the conduct of the election and vowed to reject the official results. The former general has repeatedly claimed victory, citing his own campaign team’s survey of votes, and his supporters have called for public rallies to protest the official results.
(May 21): Indonesian President Joko Widodo won last month’s bitterly contested election by a double-digit margin, official results showed Tuesday, putting the former furniture exporter in charge of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation for another five years.
Widodo, known as Jokowi, won 55.5% of the national vote, compared to his challenger Prabowo Subianto’s 44.5%, the General Elections Commission said in Jakarta early on Tuesday. Jokowi’s margin of victory at 11% was almost double the lead he secured in 2014 against the same opponent, commission’s data showed. The tally also confirmed unofficial quick count results from about a dozen independent pollsters.
