Farouk Arnaz – Police said on Thursday that Papua was calm and peaceful a day after the local electoral commission named Lukas Enembe and Klemen Tinal as the province's governor and deputy governor.

"Thank God, everything is secure," said Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, the Papua Police chief.

The statement came after concerns that riots would hit the conflict-ridden province as some residents did not accept the official results announced by the General Elections Commission (KPUD).

Fears of possible clashes were exacerbated on Wednesday after three of the six Papua gubernatorial candidates staged a walk-out during the KPUD's plenary meeting to announce the landslide victory of Lukas and Klemen, a pair of candidates backed by the ruling Democratic Party.

Tito's deputy, Brig. Gen. Paulus Waterpau, confirmed separately that since the situation was calm, most of the officers deployed across the province to secure the election had been called back to headquarters. "However, we are still standing by to monitor all possibilities," he said.

While Lukas and Klemen were announced the victors, Paulus noted that quarrels could still erupt among the supporters of the other candidates.

Based on the KPUD's count, Lukas and Klemen secured 52 percent of the vote, with all other candidates trailing far behind. In second place were Habel Melkias Suwae and Yop Kogoya with 18 percent, followed by M.R. Kambu and Blasius Pakage with 13 percent of the vote.

The other three gubernatorial candidate pairs obtained less than 10 percent of the vote each.

Lukas said that the losing candidates were still considering filing a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court to appeal the results. "If there is no appeal... within the next three days, the provincial legislative council will send the results to the home affairs minister," he said.