PUBLISHED : 20 Mar 2024 at 21:50
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s election fee on Wednesday mentioned Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto had obtained essentially the most votes in final month’s presidential election.
Prabowo, a three-time presidential candidate, gained the competition with over 96 million of roughly 164 million complete votes, in a convincing win over former provincial governors Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, who respectively obtained about 41 million and 27 million, in accordance with the ultimate tally of the election physique.
Prabowo is predicted to take over from outgoing President Joko Widodo in October.
Former particular forces commander Prabowo swept the election on guarantees of continuity of the platforms of two-term incumbent Widodo, driving on the president’s reputation and utilizing social media like TikTok to faucet the help of Indonesia’s enormous younger voter base.
The highway to Prabowo’s victory was marred by controversies and issues about patronage politics over his alliance with the president, referred to as Jokowi, who was broadly accused of abusing his place to favour his former rival, allegations his allies deny.
Jokowi’s 36-year-old son Gibran Rakabuming Raka was Prabowo’s working mate and is about to change into vp, owing to a last-minute change of eligibility guidelines by a courtroom headed by the president’s brother-in-law.
The election fee additionally introduced that Indonesia’s largest social gathering PDI-P obtained essentially the most votes within the legislative elections, which have been held on the identical day, adopted by the Golkar Social gathering and Prabowo’s Gerindra Social gathering in third place.
