One of the most massive undertakings in democracy the country has ever seen, the Indonesian elections on April 17 had over 190 million Indonesian voters going to the polls to decide on both their president and parliament — the first for the country. Some 20,000 legislative seats were up for grabs by 245,000 candidates, as voters fanned out to cast their votes in 800,000 polling stations across the country’s 17,000 islands. Incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), and his running mate, Ma’ruf Amin, were up against long-time rival Prabowo Subianto (whom Jokowi defeated in the previous polls in 2014), and his running mate Sandiaga Uno.
SINGAPORE (Apr 22): “I’m a kiasu Singaporean. Being first in line for this is a privilege that will never happen again.” — Justin Zheng, who was the first in line to eat at US burger chain Shake Shack in Jewel Changi Airport on its April 17 opening day. He started queuing at 4.30am.
Jokowi takes lead in early counting
