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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bagus BT Saragih, Hans Nicholas Jong and Margareth S.

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

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

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

Chris Blake, Berni Moestafa & Jason Scott – In the evenings near Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's cattle farm in the mountains outside Jakarta, vendors with unso

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.

The security forces in West Papua have raised the security level in the territory to "Siaga Satu" (full alert) leading up to the presidential election on the 9 July, Maj. Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy, Jakarta – Hundreds of angry migrant workers in Hong Kong staged a protest against Indonesia's Overseas Election Committee at

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – The State Place has denied rumors that Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto once assaulted outgoing President Susil

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Thousands of eligible voters were unable to cast their votes in Hong Kong on Sunday after the local organizer closed down the polling station while many aspiring

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The deputy chairman of Prabowo Subianto's Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party, Fadli Zon, reported a popular online newspaper for defamation on Monday.

Jakarta – The extent to which human rights and democracy are upheld in Indonesia is a fine yardstick to measure how far the nation has progressed as a whole.

Erwida Maulia & Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Joko Widodo showed more confidence, eloquently explaining his food, energy and environment platforms in generally well-structured statements

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Saturday evening spoke like a man who was prepared to lead the nation should he come out victorious in the July

Jakarta – Exit polls at voting stations abroad are showing the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Jusuf Kalla presidential ticket is ahead in the overseas vote.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – With just three days left before the presidential election, the Regional Military Command (Kodam) XVII/Cendrawasih in Papua has raised the province's secu

Ina Parlina and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto paid a visit to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his fellow former cadet, late on Friday as a l

Jakarta – Indonesia's army special forces (Kopassus) and the state intelligence agency (BIN) are involved in a covert operation to influence the presidential election.

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SP/Erwin Cristianson Sihombing & Anastasia Winanti, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that this year's presidential election will only be conducted in one round e

Timika – Police are searching for people who distributed leaflets urging voters to boycott the July 9 presidential election and demand a referendum.

Michael Bachelard, Bandung – The two leading contenders for next week's Indonesian presidential elections are in sharp disagreement about the future of the young democracy's constitutio

Jakarta – The campaign team of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa on Thursday refuted recent comments by US journalist Allan Nairn desc

Karon Snowdon – A former high-ranking member of Indonesia's military says presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's human rights record makes him unsuitable for the job of running the c

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Jakarta – About 1,000 people gathered at Grand Mosque in Yogyakarta on Tuesday at the invitation of a group of Islamic organizations that intended t

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – US investigative journalist Allen Nairn has spoken out about Indonesia's two presidential candidates.

Rebecca Lake, Jakarta – Speaking to a select group of Indonesian press at an undisclosed Jakarta location on Tuesday, controversial American journalist Allan Nairn emphasized that a Pra

Hans Nicholas Jong and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The wealth of the Gerindra Party's presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto totals Rp 1.67 trillion (US$140.46 million) and $7.5 million,

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has warned that based on recent legislative election cases it has handled, most election violations were committed during the vote counting process.

Eve Warburton – At a recent presidential campaign rally, Prabowo Subianto addressed a crowd of bussed-in supporters at a Jakarta football stadium.

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has indicated that, if elected, he would begin the process of winding back the electoral system in favor of a "consultati

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Everybody involved in the Indonesian presidential election is a multimillionaire, but ex-military strongman Prabowo Subianto is by far the richest.

Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party officially declared its support for the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa presidential ticket on Monday,

Election Watch – In a rare occasion of labor and management uniting behind a single cause, labor unions and businesspeople have jointly declared support for the presidential bid of the

Ward Berenschot and Darmawan Purba – On 9 April, Ridho Ficardo became the new governor of Lampung, Sumatra's southern-most province.

Jakarta – Award-winning US journalist Allan Nairn continued on Tuesday to shake up Indonesia's presidential campaignby publishing another article on his off-the-record interview with ca

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Sixteen years after being deposed in disgrace, the family of former president Suharto is making a political comeback which could take one of its scions all