The national congress of the Indonesian Farmers Association on Tuesday night reelected incumbent chairman Prabowo Subianto by acclamation for the 2010-15 period.

"Because the majority of the national congress had agreed to reelect Pak Prabowo by acclamation, we speeded up the congress and officially elected him late last night," committee member Komang Suarsana told state news agency Antara on Wednesday.

Based on the schedule, the election for chairman should have been conducted on Wednesday morning, but congress members had pushed for the election to be held as soon as possible.

"On the early hours of Wednesday, Pak Prabowo was officially named as the chairman for the next five years," Komang said.

Jafar Hafsah was Prabowo's only rival for the post. On Tuesday, Jafar's camp accused Prabowo's team of having engineered the congress and of rigging the election from the start.

Another previous contender for the post was Siti Hediati Hariyadi, one of the daughters of former President Suharto and Prabowo's former wife. However, Siti, who is better known as Titiek, withdrew her bid for the candidacy, stating that the association was no longer fighting for farmers.

"I don't want to be a part of the national congress anymore because the association has distracted itself from its real purpose, which is fighting for the farmers' benefit," she said in a statement.