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JAKARTA: Presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto has key wins in several battleground provinces to thank for clearing his path to the nation’s highest office, as indicated by various quick counts predicting the outcome of the 2024 general election.
Prabowo Subianto called for unity and said “this victory must be a victory for all Indonesians.” His 30-minute speech was punctuated by thanking dozens of allies including those in the military and paying tribute to past leaders. Yet, it’s his ties with the incumbent Jokowi that roused the crowd to chant the president’s name. Prabowo had lost to him in the past two elections and his son Gibran is now his vice president.
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The Ganjar-Mahfud National Winning Team (TPN) holds a press conference to respond to the quick count results of the 2024 presidential election.
JAKARTA: Polls have officially closed at 1pm local time (2pm Singapore time) and the unofficial quick count of ballots is under way in Indonesia’s presidential election, in which three candidates are vying to succeed popular President Joko Widodo, who is stepping down after a decade in power.