(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) World Panorama: Indonesia Elections

Topic: Indonesia Elections

Episode: 372

Topic Description:

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo looks poised to win another five years in office by a convincing margin. Official results from Wednesday’s election won’t be released by Indonesia’s General Elections Commission until 22 May, but the usually reliable ‘quick count’ results produced by six private polling groups suggest Jokowi may have won by as much as 10% of the vote (54% to 45%). This is the second election defeat for former general Prabowo Subianto, who also ran against Jokowi in the last presidential race in 2014. On Wednesday, Indonesia’s presidential elections were held simultaneously with local, provincial and national legislative elections this year. 193 million eligible voters were asked to choose from over 3 lakh candidates from 16 parties for 20,528 seats across 34 provinces and more than 17,000 islands.