Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The declaration of a "permanent coalition" by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and the seven political parties supporting his bid has prompted at least t

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups on Tuesday filed a report with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding alleged vote buying at the Regional Gene

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) pledged on Tuesday that it would remain impartial amid allegations of rampant manipulation taking pl

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – The Kawal Pemilu (Guard the Elections) website www.kawalpemilu.org , which is maintained by volunteers to report the movement of vote

Edward Aspinall – In a posting immediately after polling day last week, Marcus Mietzner and I argued that having failed to win the election, it was now likely that Prabowo Subianto's ca

Erwida Maulia & Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – The single-digit difference between the votes for the two candidates in last week's presidential election, coupled with the increasingly l

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The campaign team of Gerindra Party's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto filed on Monday a police report against Akbar Faisal, a campaign team member of

Roanne Van Voorst – It's the day before the Presidential elections. Ibu Oda grins when she reaches deep in her handbag and takes out an envelope.

All across the country, indications of foul play have broken out like a rash during the vote tabulation phase of the election, which has seen presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto, a di

Rieka Rahadiana & Neil Chatterjee – Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo indicated he is open to other parties joining his coalition as signs of discord appear in opponent

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Jakarta – A senior member of Prabowo Subianto's election team has said that the award-winning US journalist Allan Nairn will be reported to police for publishing a series of articles de

Jakarta – The strategic Development and Policy Research Center (Puskaptis) has refused to attend an audit by the Association of Indonesian Public Opinion Surveys Firms (Persepi).

Haeril Halim/Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) continued with its tabulation of the July 9 presidential election results, many have reported allege

Angga Yudha Pratomo – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto held a press conference after attending a declaration of a permanent coalition at the Proclamation Building in Central Jaka

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Jacqui Baker – Three institutions take centre stage this week: the national election commission [KPU], the elections supervisory body [Bawaslu] and the national police [Polri] as the Ju

Fransiska Nangoy and Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia's young democracy faces its biggest challenge since emerging from decades of autocratic rule 16 years ago after both candidate

Jakarta – The Gerindra Party Jakarta-chapter central executive board chairman, Muhamad Taufik, said candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa won the presidential election in Jakarta

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After being ridiculed by the public for using dubious pollsters to back up its claim of winning the July 9 presidential election, the camp of the Gerindra

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto scolded a number of journalists, from online to television, when he was about to be interviewed in his house in Bogor, West Java, just

Hasyim Widhiarto and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Several Indonesian pollsters were on the receiving end of threats and intimidation on Friday allegedly due to their opposing findings re

Yeremia Sukoyo, Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Two of Indonesia's preeminent reform organizations have called for citizens to be vigilant against electoral fraud

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – With both presidential candidates claiming victory in Wednesday's election based on quick counts, and the deciding official res

Hans Nicholas Jong, Headlines – After two days of recapitulation from polling stations, recapitulation documents scanned and uploaded on the General Elections Commission's (KPU) website

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – On election night in the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesians had the surreal option of tuning into alternative political realities.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) has filed a report with the National Police on the alleged misrepresentation of

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met on Thursday with dozens of foreign journalists and correspondents in Jakarta in his first post-election press c

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Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not taking into consideration the quick-count results of credible pollst

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's team has come out swinging in Indonesia's disputed presidential election, insisting it is ahead in the "real count" of votes, its opponen

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Observers have questioned the credibility of four pollsters who called Wednesday's presidential election for Prabowo Subianto by the narrowest of mar

The Indonesian people have voted.

Josua Gantan – Both presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo have declared themselves the winner of what had been the tightest presidential election in Indonesia's histo

Michael Bachelard – All credible observers now agree that Joko Widodo has won the Indonesian presidential election and will be the first post-Suharto era ruler when he is sworn in on Oc

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday appealed for calm from both camps in the presidential election, after each pair of candidates declared thei

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko Widodo, who claims victory in Wednesday's election, says this year's race opens a new chapter for Indonesia as people have decided to set a new dir

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The ethics council of a pollsters' group in Indonesia will begin an investigation into two polling stations that reported results on the presidential elect

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The Indonesian presidential election result was under dispute just hours after polls closed as both candidates, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, claimed vi

SP/Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has refused to concede defeat in Wednesday's presidential election, claiming that based on quick count results by a

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Joko Widodo declared himself the winner of Indonesia's presidential election, beating Prabowo Subianto in what had been viewed

Jakarta – The vote count for the Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa (Prabowo-Hatta) presidential ticket at the army's Special Forces (Kopassus) complex in Cijantung, East Jakarta, far su

Angga Yudha Pratomo – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto seemed furious on Wednesday July 9 after he invited media crews to his residence in the Bojong Koneng village area in Hamba

An academic specialising in West Papua says Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo is likely to be more Papua friendly than his opponent Prabowo Subianto.

Makassar – Police in Sulawesi issued a deadly warning on Monday to anyone with plans to disrupt the July 9th presidential election: attempt to derail democracy and prepare to be shot on

Prabowo Subianto could end up as Indonesia's president by the end of the week.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid encouraging signs that eligible voters are enthusiastic to cast their ballot on July 9, the country's religious leaders on Monday urged their faith's followe

Rebecca Lake, Jakarta – England could hardly be any further from the Indonesian province of West Papua but for the exiled leader of the Free West Papua movement, Benny Wenda, the people

Sally Whyte – Tomorrow's Indonesian election will be especially tense in West Papua, where activist groups are calling for a boycott of the poll, and some have been arrested by the Indo

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