Jakarta – A total of 153,357,307 Indonesians have registered to vote in the July 5 presidential election, deputy chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), Ramlan Surbakti, said here Tuesday.

Ramlan noted that the figure is final because the KPU will not extend the registration of voters beyond the May 25 deadline.

He expressed hope that despite the increase in the number of voters in the upcoming presidential election, voters would not make as many mistakes as those made in the legislative election last April 5.

Ramlan further said that because of the increase in the number of voters, the number of polling stations will also increase.

"There will be 4,768 additional polling stations to make a total of 581,393," he noted.