Official Result Indonesian Presidential Election 2014 Expected this Afternoon
The General Elections Commission (KPU) is expected to release the official result of the 2014 Indonesian presidential election after 16:00 pm local Jakarta time on Tuesday (22/07/2014). First, the institution will complete the recapitulation of votes in the five remaining Indonesian provinces as well as the votes that have been cast abroad, across 96 countries. Based on the preliminary results of the KPU and various credible quick counts, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has won the election by a five percentage point margin.
Due to the narrow margin, chances are big that rival Prabowo Subianto will challenge the outcome. During the past days, the Subianto camp suggested to organize re-elections at about 5,800 polling stations due to suspected fraud.
Preliminary KPU Count:
