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Indonesia's 2014 Presidential Election (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Aug. 4, 2014
Report Number IN10125
Report Type Insight
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

On July 22, 2014, Indonesia's Election Commission declared Joko Widodo, 53, the winner of Indonesia's July 9 presidential election. The Election Commission reported that Widodo defeated former General Prabowo Subianto by more than 8 million votes in a bitterly contested election in which 135 million people—70% of registered voters—cast their ballots. Although Prabowo has filed a protest to Indonesia's Constitutional Court alleging electoral fraud, political observers believe Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi," almost certainly will take office on October 10, becoming Indonesia's second directly elected President.