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The election also has high stakes for the United States and China, since Indonesia has a huge domestic market, natural resources like nickel and palm oil, and diplomatic influence with its Southeast Asian neighbours.

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Voting is underway in Indonesia’s election that has turned outgoing President Joko Widodo into a polarizing figure amid mounting backlash over moves to get his preferred successor in power to continue his policies. The world’s biggest single-day polls taking place over a six-hour period will also elect on Wednesday thousands…

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is frontrunner in three-way presidential race.

Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas exercised his right to vote in Rembang, Central Java, on Wednesday as he expressed hope that the general ...

Polls project Subianto, a military chief during the Suharto dictatorship a generation ago, to secure a majority and replace popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo as observers claim the president indirectly supported his campaign.

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto took an early lead as Indonesia began counting votes in its presidential election Wednesday, with a 60 percent share among the nearly 40 percent of ballots counted so far in an unofficial tally. Indonesians voted for a new president Wednesday, as the world’s third-largest democracy…

Prabowo Subianto looks unfit to govern the world’s third-largest democracy | Asia

The nation’s attention now turns to quick counts that will indicate whether Prabowo has clinched a one-round victory, or will face Ganjar Pranowo or Anies Baswedan in a run-off.