Jakarta – As of Tuesday, the General Elections Commission (KPU) said the number of eligible voters for the 2014 elections from 30 provinces hit 177 million people. North Maluku, Papua and South Sumatra's voter numbers are yet to be submitted.

"The exact number of voters recorded is 177,257,048," member of the commission Hadar Nafis Gumay said during the launch of the preliminary list of eligible voters (DPS) for the 2014 elections on the KPU website, on Tuesday. The KPU announced 104 million voters via its website, http://www.kpu.go.id.

KPU member Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah said the data on eligible voters from South Sumatra had just been received by the commission on Tuesday morning.

"The number of eligible voters from the province reaches 5,787,910 people, comprising 2,924,756 males and 2,863,154 females," said Ferry, adding that the data had not yet been added to the DPS.

Only data of eligible voters from 10 regencies and municipalities in Papua had been submitted. "Nineteen more regencies and municipalities should submit the data," said Ferry as quoted by Kompas.com.

The KPU asked people to check if their names have been listed on the voter list. According to the schedule of the 2014 election stages, all DPS data should be published by the commission on July 24 at the latest. The KPU is welcoming input or comments about the voter list until August 1. (hrl/ebf)