Febriana Firdaus, Yahukimo, West Papua, Indonesia – It was late on Tuesday afternoon, just hours before Indonesia was due to go to the polls, and the ballots had still not arrived in M
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April 19, 2019
Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto asked his supporters to remain peaceful and act in accordance with the constitution during mass prayers held in front of his house in
Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto is preparing to hold mass prayers in front of his house after Friday prayers in South Jakarta on Friday.
Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has called on broadcasting companies to not only focus on quick-count results but also give attention to the General Elections Co
Syofiardi Bachyul and Dyaning Pangestika, Padang and Jakarta – Many polling station working committees (KPPS) worked through the night preparing and counting votes for the presidential
Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on his party officials to closely monitor any possible unrest following the election, amid plans by presidential
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has denied allegations that it is trying to conduct "systematic cheating" to favor a certain presidential candidate b
Fana Suparman & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said in a speech during yet another victory declaration on Friday that people would take to the
Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Sandiaga "Sandi" Uno, the billionaire running mate of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, again failed to make an appearance at the latter's latest "victo
Pacific Media Centre – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has claimed a successful boycott of the Indonesian election on Wednesday, estimating that about 60 percent
April 18, 2019
After presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite clearly losing to incumbent President Joko Widodo in the quick count results done by every survey grou
After a long, bitter, but largely uneventful campaign, Indonesians have finally had their say.
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has been called on to investigate and make a decision on whether to carry out a revote, following reports of the discove
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The top brass of the Indonesian military and police met on Thursday (18/04), a day after Indonesians went to the polls to elect a president and legislative re
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – General Elections Committee (KPU) Chairman Arief Budiman announced that the 2019 general elections Indonesia held yesterday garnered high participation level accu
When Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite quick count results all pointing to a victory for President Joko Widodo, the conspicuous absence of his runn
Arys Aditya, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has claimed victory in the country's election, citing unofficial quick count results from Wednesday's voting and settin
Anne Barker == "I will be a president for all Indonesians." No, they are not the words of a victorious Joko Widodo, who looked certain last night to have won a second term as Indonesia
Jakarta – Supporters of presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno plan to gather around the National Monument (Monas) on Friday afternoon to celebrate the
Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The 2019 legislative election has left little surprise as major parties are expected to keep the status quo in the country's legislative assemblies.
Nur Yasmin & Christian Lee, Jakarta – The Indonesia Solidarity Party, or PSI, has surprised many by attracting the fourth-most votes – based on quick-count results – in Jakarta in
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto again declared victory on Thursday afternoon – his third time since the April 17 election.
Jakarta – Following the legislative elections held on Wednesday, the newcomer Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), championed by many young urban middle class voters, seems set to fall s
April 17, 2019
Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto claimed victory over the 2019 presidential election on Wednesday afternoon, hours befor
For the last few weeks, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and some of his senior supporters have made numerous accusations of vote fraud in order to cast doubt on the integrity o
The infamous leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, is said to have already voted in Mecca (where the one-time pornography suspect still lives in self-imposed exil
Violence has broken out again in Indonesia's Papua province, where tensions are high as the nation goes to the polls today.
Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – It looked like a haunted house straight out of an amusement park: Blood-stained sheets, makeshift graves and rows of ghastly faces painted white.
Krithika Varagur – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Indonesia's president since 2014, and most likely until 2024, had every reason to gloat on Wednesday afternoon.
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – At least 160,000 residents of two districts in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, will vote in the general election on April 18 after logistical glitche
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on members of the public to reunite as brothers and sisters following the bitterly contested presidential el
Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Prabowo has claimed a lead over incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Indonesia's presidential election, just a few hours after sev
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin secured the most votes at polling station 02 Selong in Kebayoran Baru, South Jaka
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Indonesia held the world's biggest one-day 2019 presidential and legislative elections, marked by millions of citizens casting ballots at some 800,000 pollin
Muhammad Al Azhari & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Wednesday's presidential election, based on internal data compiled by his campaign team, whil
Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Voters casting their ballots in polling station (TPS) 110 located within the SMK Yasda Islamic vocational school compound in Kuningan, South Jakarta, were surp
April 16, 2019
Eve Warburton – There are plenty of reasons to view this year's presidential elections in Indonesia as less polarising than the last.
Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has formed a team to monitor Wednesday's general election.
David Fettling – Haris Azhar thinks both Indonesia's presidential candidates are incompetent, that the issues they debate are nonsense, that both seek to protect the status quo.
Angus Watson – As Indonesia's presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive twin provinces of Papua and West Papua
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – On the eve of Wednesday's presidential election, undecided voters may want to participate in a quiz designed to assess how one's personal political views
Those hoping to follow real-time election results tomorrow can do so starting 3pm Western Indonesia Time (WIB) and no earlier, as the Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected a petition
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is famous for many things besides politics, such as his marriage to Suharto's second daughter, his service to Indonesia as a former general, his
Leonard C Sebastian, Singapore – The current political mood in Indonesia is deeply polarised.
James Massola, Jakarta – More than 190 million Indonesians will be able to vote in the largest single-day election exercise in the world on Wednesday, with President Joko "Jokowi" Wido
Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – More than 10,000 people have volunteered to crowd-source election results posted at polling stations across Indonesia on Wednesday in a real-time bid to thwart
Jayapura, Indonesia – From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua's rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling out all the stops for one of the world's
Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta and Ella S.
April 15, 2019
Endy M. Bayuni – From the start, the April 17 Indonesian presidential election was going to be an unequal race.
Before he was released from prison in January, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the former Jakarta governor formerly known as Ahok, requested that people call him BTP instead as prison had chan
