Indonesia: Widodo leading presidential race

Early and unofficial results showed incumbent Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin are leading the race after 90% of the surveyed polling stations have been received.

The duo managed to gain 53-55% of the votes, while former military strongman Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno trailing at 44-46 percent.

Quick count conducted by Kompas, a local daily, showed the incumbent president is winning with 54.51% of votes against his rival’s 45.49%.

Indo Barometer, a local survey agency, indicated that Widodo has been re-elected as president after winning 54.30% of votes against Subianto’s 45.70%.

A survey conducted by another agency Charta Politika showed Widodo-Ma’ruf pair managed to get 54.46% of the votes, while their rivals obtained 45.54%.

Another quick count conducted by Poltracking indicated that Widodo-Ma’ruf leading the race with 55.26% against their rivals’ 44.74%.

Survey done by Indikator Politik also showed that Widodo is set to reclaim his presidency with 53.89 percent, while Subianto and his mate got 46.11 percent votes.

Meanwhile, Subianto claimed a “real count” from more than 320 polling stations had placed him in the lead with 62 percent of votes.

More than 192 million Indonesians went to the polls earlier on Wednesday to vote in the nation’s first simultaneous presidential and legislative elections.

Both presidential candidates first ran against each other in the 2014 election, when Subianto lost by six percentage points to Widodo.