Prabowo Subianto and his supporters have been making unsubstantiated claims that there was massive and systemic fraud involved in the April 17th election as justification for the candi

Twelve days ago, Prabowo Subianto declared victory in Indonesia's presidential election despite the results of every single credible pollsters' quick count results pointing to the oppo

Ten days after Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day elections, more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses, an official says.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) said it will extend voting day in Sydney this weekend although local organizers have been unable to identify the names o

Barry Desker – Earlier predictions of a double-digit landslide victory for incumbent President Joko Widodo ('Jokowi') and his vice-presidential nominee Ma'ruf Amin in Indonesia's presi

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi (Contributor), Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Hasyim Asyari announced that the institution was willing to reveal its data and docu

Jakarta – An election watchdog has said that it found no indication of "systematic cheating", but instead discovered that hundreds of data-input mistakes in the vote count by the Gener

Nurni Sulaiman, Bogor, West Java – After reports emerged last week that more than 200 election workers and police officers died of fatigue after voting day, calls are now mounting for

There has been a great deal of speculation over Sandiaga Uno's next move.

When Prabowo Subianto declared victory for the first time in last Wednesday's election, despite all of the quick count pollster indicating he had lost to President Joko Widodo 55% to 4

Despite President Joko Widodo being the clear winner in last Wednesday's election (based upon the quick count results which are being further validated by the ongoing real count), Indo

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has dismissed an allegation that the authorities rigged last week's presidential election.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – After much huffing and puffing, the government officially rebuked on Wednesday circulating allegations by the opposition parties that it was involved

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto welcomed several guests in his residence on Jalan Kertanegara 4, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Tue

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Human Rights, Wiranto, held a closed meeting with a number of ministers in his office in Medan Merdeka Barat, Cen

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police deployed around one thousand personnel to secure the rally staged by people joined in Aksi Tolak Pemilu Curang (Act against Election Fraud)

Jakarta – As in previous years, the 2019 legislative elections have resulted in cases of depression among losing candidates and their campaign teams.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's chief security minister said on Wednesday accusations that the government and security forces conspired with election agencies to conduct

Jakarta – Calls have been mounting for incumbent Indonesian President Joko Widodo and rival Prabowo Subianto to immediately hold a one-on-one meeting and ease tensions between the two

Indonesia's military says elections held last week in Papua went smoothly, despite threats of more violence from rebels.

Andri Sulistyo with Kiki Sirigar in Jakarta – Political hopeful Yayat Abdurahman bet that he would be a winner among some 245,000 candidates in Indonesia's huge election last week, but

While the General Election Commission (KPU) has received much praise for their generally smooth implementation of the biggest one-day democratic elections in the world on Wednesday, th

Alexander R Arifianto – Indonesia's presidential elections took place on 17 April 2019, after an eight-month political contest that was characterised by some as "the most polarised ele

Thomas Pepinsky, New York – The early estimates from Indonesia's Apr 17 presidential, legislative, and regional elections have the incumbent, President Joko Widodo, defeating his oppon

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Amid political tension surrounding the election results, an aide of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has jumped into the fray and called for t

Nithin Coca – Quiet. Boring. Stable.

Jakarta – The government agency tasked with organizing elections is scrambling to find extra funds to compensate the families of polling station workers who have died on duty during la

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As tensions intensified between incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto over the expected results in the Indonesia election las

While Sandiaga Uno didn't have the hiccups that supposedly kept him off stage when Prabowo Subianto claimed "victory" for the first time on Wednesday, the expression on his face during

As a former general and the head of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto has long been an intimidating political powerhouse, but the sheer amount of jokes being made on social media ab

Ghina Ghaliya, Syofiardi Bachyul JB and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta, Padang, and Medan – Thousands of polling stations across Indonesia are expected to hold revotes to make up for technic

Christian Lee & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Korsa, or common loyalty shared by members of a specific group, apparently does matter and plays an important role in political communi

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – The local offices of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Jakarta and East Java reported over the weekend that they recommended holding revot

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – The electoral victory of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo last week represents a win for the nation's political elite.

Muhamad Al Azhari & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Repeated victory declarations by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto – despite quick count results pointing to an easy win for his

Robert Wardi & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Public Opinion Survey Association, or Persepi, challenged presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his campaign team on Saturday to

Jakarta – There are many reasons Indonesians call the country's quintennial elections "parties of democracy."

James Massola, Jakarta – About a month ago, in the cut and thrust of the Indonesian presidential debate, Prabowo Subianto quoted the ancient Athenian historian Thucydides: "The strong d

Indonesia's presidential challenger on Friday slammed pollsters as untrustworthy and said they should move to Antarctica so they could "lie to the penguins", as he refused to concede d

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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

Papua's governor, Lukas Enembe, says people should wait for the official vote count in Indonesia's elections before claiming victory.

Indonesia pulled off a complex yet peaceful election across its vast – and ethnically diverse – island territory this week, cementing its place as a democratic beacon in a sea of autho

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