Opposition candidate Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, disputed the preliminary results from a quick count and exit polls that showed Widodo winning by a decisive margin.
By Stanley Widianto and Shibani Mahtani Shibani Mahtani Reporter covering Southeast Asia Email Bio Follow April 17 at 7:29 AM JAKARTA, Indonesia — With vote counts tallied by several trusted polling organizations, moderate incumbent president Joko Widodo appeared Wednesday to win a second term as Indonesia’s president, defeating a retired general who had courted nationalist and conservative Islamic forces in a campaign waged on the country’s fault lines.
Widodo was gathered with his inner circle, including his running mate, influential cleric Maruf Amin, and the head of his political party, former president Megawati Sukarnoputri, at a ballroom in central Jakarta, smiling and laughing. In his campaign, he railed against elitists, promised self-sufficiency for Indonesia and vowed to do more for the poor. He also played to a base of Islamic conservative voters, pledging to be a strong defender of the religion.
In protests against both candidates, some eligible voters chose to abstain, a practice called “golput” — a reference to the white part of the ballot paper. Among them was Ruth Ogetay, 34, a women rights' activist for Papua, Indonesia’s easternmost province and the scene of frequent violence in response to its calls for independence.
Declining to say which candidate he picked, he said he went in the morning because it was his political right. “It was easy — just walk in there and vote,” he said.
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