The violent protests against the official announcement of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's re-election as Indonesian president this week mark the culmination of a months-long campaign by losing

Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has appointed four lawyers to challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court (MK) following the official announceme

In the weeks since the April 17 presidential election, failed candidate Prabowo Subianto and his supporters have attempted to delegitimize not just the election but the entire Indonesi

Bogor – A number of student elements, initiated by the Indonesian Muslim Student Union (SEMMI), calls on the public to accept the 2019 Election results as announced by the KPU.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Former president and Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has congratulated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for winning the 2019 president

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Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Incumbent leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin were declared winners of the April 17 election in the early hours of Tuesday, following

Yustinus Paat & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission, or KPU, has given reasons for its decision to announce the results of the 2019 presidential and legislative

Beritasatu Team & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – After more than a month of vote-counting marred by protests and accusations of fraud, the General Elections Commission, or KPU, announce

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – Incumbent president Joko Widodo has won last month's Indonesian election with 55.5% of votes against 44.5% for his challenger, retired General Prabo

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has claimed victory in the country's election, praising his "mature nation" for holding a peaceful and honest poll, even as h

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his campaign team will challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court following the offi

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially declared President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo the winner of the April 17 presidential election after completing

Heru Andriyanto & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's campaign team released a video early on Tuesday morning as the General Elections Commission, or KPU, declared a win fo

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has rejected a report filed by the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team alleging that the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin t

aikel Jefriando, Tabita Diela, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) confirmed unofficial counts by private pollsters in the April 17 election, giving Widodo a 55.5% share of

Radesman Saragih & Farouk Arnaz & Winda Ayu Larasati, Jakarta – Police in East Java have found four Molotov cocktails hidden inside a minibus used by supporters of presidential

Winda Ayu Larasati & Christian Lee, Jakarta – East Java Police have arrested Muhammad Roni, the organizer of a "Jihad Tour" to Jakarta on May 22.

Jakarta – The police have arrested a pilot, identified as IR, for allegedly encouraging people through Facebook to take part in a rally during the announcement of the election results

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's election supervisory agency (Bawaslu) has rejected – on grounds of weak evidence – complaints filed by supporters of presidential hopeful P

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – Democrat Party secretary-general Hinca Panjaitan asserted its party members would not join the upcoming protest on May 22 that many deemed as a "

Jakarta – Indonesia is on edge following plans by an Islamist group to hold a two-day rally at the elections commission (KPU) on Tuesday (May 21), to protest the impending results of l

Yustinus Paat & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Former intelligence chief A.M.

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – The Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Directorate General of Immigration has confirmed that presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto brie

Muhammad Radityo Priyasmoro, Jakarta – The Coordinating Spokesperson for the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election campaign team (BPN), Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, has revealed that Pra

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – National Police personnel will not be armed with live rounds while on duty during the announcement of the elections results in Jakarta on May 22, despite their w

Fadli and Djemi Amnifu, Batam and Kupang – The National Police have been mobilizing additional personnel from the regions to anticipate potential violence in the capital in connection

Yustinus Paat & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) spokesman Dedek Prayudi has labeled presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno "the worst elec

Oktaviana Maria, Jakarta – The National Police have decided not to equip officers with firearms during Wednesday's expected election protests in Jakarta, as they seek to minimize risks

Jakarta – Some time ago President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave his blessing to six ministers in his "Working Cabinet" to run as candidates in the 2019 legislative elections.

Irsyan Hasyim and Egi Adyatma, Jakarta – Spokesman for the country's conservative Islamic group 212 alumni brotherhood (PA 212) Novel Bamukmin claims their upcoming mass-rally dubbed "

Jakarta – The Gerindra Party and the Democratic Party (Dems) are again finding themselves on opposite sides of the table over Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, who has been under the sp

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto requested both regional military commanders (Pangdam) and regional police chiefs (Kapolda

A senior politician from the Gerindra party – which is chaired by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto – has proposed quite an extreme method of protesting against the government ov

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Political expert of the Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Adi Prayitno assessed that the term 'people power' often heard in the

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The TKN campaign team backing incumbent presidential candidate Jokowi recently had the time to respond to pieces of evidence Prabowo Subianto's campaign team (BP

Robertus Wardi & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The main political party backing presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno said on Thursday that it plans to reject t

Hotman Siregar & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Arief Poyuono, deputy chairman of the opposition Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, said supporters of presidential candidate pa

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's relentless claims of electoral fraud and political bias have the Constitutional Court uneasy, raising concern that th

On the evening of April 17, the day of Indonesia's general election, all of the quick count polls uniformly projected that incumbent President Joko Widodo had soundly defeated Prabowo

Jakarta – Indonesia's counter-terrorism squad has rounded up at least 10 people suspected of planning attacks during next week's announcement of the results of April's hotly contested

Yeremia Sukoyo & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A group of former Reformasi activists are planning to send a 5,000-strong crowd to the General Elections Commission headquarters in Centr

Fana Suparman & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said he will reject the official election result set to be announced by the General Elections Commi

Ghina Ghaliya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Ahead of the official announcement of the 2019 general election results on May 22, Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team member

James Massola, Jakarta – In nine days time Indonesia's election commission will release the official results of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.

Jakarta – Voter turnout in Jakarta may have exceeded the national target of 77.5 percent as of Sunday, according to the head of the Jakarta General Elections Commission, Betty Epsilon

Carlos Ky Paath & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential nominee Prabowo Subianto's campaign team has questioned election results in Bali and Central Java, calling out irregularitie

Carlos Ky Paath & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Secretary generals of political parties in the coalition supporting presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga

Dina Manafe & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has released the results of its study into the cause of death of over 500 election officials since election day on April 17.

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) announced that it has not officially processed the complaint submitted by the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiag