Bandung – The West Java chapter of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday declared incumbent Governor Ahmad Heryawan and his running mate, veteran actor Deddy Mizwar, as the winners of the recent gubernatorial election.

The pair, backed by the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), will lead West Java until 2018.

"I hope everyone can accept this decision," KPU West Java head Yayat Hidayat said during a plenary session in Bandung on Sunday, according to Indonesian news portal Tempo.co.

Ahmad and Deddy led with 32 percent of votes, followed closely by Rieke Diah Pitaloka and Teten Masduki, who were backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), with 28 percent votes.

Actor Dede Yusuf and his running mate Lex Laksamana, backed by the Democratic Party, finished third with 25 percent of the votes, followed by Golkar Party candidates Irianto Syafiuddin and Tatang Farhanul Hakim, with 12 percent votes, and independent candidates Dikdik Mulyana Arif Mansyur and Cecep Nana Suryana Toyib, with 1.8 percent of the votes.

More than 20.7 million ballots were cast on election day (Feb. 24) in Indonesia's most populous province. Nearly 3 percent of the votes were declared invalid.