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SBY wins in Kalla's neighborhood

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Jakarta Post - July 8, 2009

Jakarta – The majority of votes made at a polling station near the residence of presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla in Central Jakarta have been won by his rival, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

SBY won 219 votes at polling station 19 in Surapati park in Menteng, where the incumbent Vice President Kalla voted earlier this morning.

Vote count results from the station reveal that SBY has won more than 50 percent of the counted votes, detik.com reported. Of a total 667 voters listed at the station, only 323 turned up to vote today.

At the station, Kalla and his running mate Wiranto won 105 votes, while Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto trailed behind with 40 votes.

Earlier, quick counts from the Indonesian Survey Institute and the Indonesian Survey Circle found that presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and running mate Boediono have won more than 50 percent of votes in the presidential election. (dre)

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