An official of the opposition Indonesia Democracy Party or P-D-I has accused the government of tampering with election results.

In a press statement, an M-P of the P-D-I, Sukowaluyo Mintoraharjo, says the people at the National Election Institute who have tampered with the votes have committed a political crime.

Mr Mintoraharjo says results of the voting for North Sumatra released on June the 14th differ from results published nine days earlier which were claimed to be the final results.

He claims under there were an extra 60-thousand votes recorded in the second set of figures which resulted in a second seat being won by a candidate of a government-backed faction of the P-D-I.

Mr Mintoraharjo is a supporter of Megawati Sukarnoputri who was deposed for the leadership of the P-D-I in a government-backed move in July last year.