Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, February 14 (Reporter Ye Pingfan Tao Fangwei) Indonesia held on the 14th**, which is expected to be about 20.4 billion registered voters went to more than 820,000 polling stations across the country to vote for the election of the new president, vice-presidents, members of the National Assembly, members of the Council of Local Representatives and members of local councils.
Voters register on-site at polling station No. 35 in Bogor, Indonesia, on February 14, 2024. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Qin Indonesia holds ** every five years, and the candidates of the first and deputy candidates run in pairs. The three groups participating in this ** election are: the current Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto and the eldest son of Jokowi of Indonesia, the mayor of Solo City, Jibran Rakabmin Raka, the former governor of the Jakarta Capital Region Anies Baswedan and the general chairman of the National Awakening Party Muhaimin Iskander, the former governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranovo and the former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mohammad Mahfuz Mahmouddin. The three groups** candidates and Mr. and Mrs. Jokowi went to the polling station to cast their votes in the morning.
Prabowo, who is running for the third time, said that if elected, he would inherit Jokowi's governing platform and national development strategy; Ganjar and Jokowi come from the same faction and have similar governing philosophies; Anies, as Jokowi**, the opposition emphasized "change". However, all three ** candidates believe that Indonesia should continue to develop friendly relations with China.
Candidate and current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (left) greets staff at a polling station in Bogor, Indonesia, Feb. 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Qin According to Indonesia's electoral law, candidates must receive more than 50 percent of the total votes and at least 20 percent of the votes in more than half of the country's provincial districts to win. If no candidate meets the above requirements, the top two candidates will compete in the second round of voting on June 26.
According to the latest data from a number of polling agencies in Indonesia, Prabowo's support rate has exceeded 50%, and this ** is expected to end in one round, but the possibility of two rounds of voting still exists.
According to the Indonesian Election Commission, in addition to the chairman and deputy presidents, 580 members of parliament will be voted for this time, as well as members of local representative councils and members of local councils such as provinces, cities and counties. **Voting will close at 1 p.m. ET (2 p.m. EDT), with exit poll data expected later in the day, with official vote counts to be announced by March 20.