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Updated Apr 17, 2019

Indonesia election: President Widodo set to win second term

Rebecca Falconer
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has won the country's election.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife, Iriana, have their fingers marked after voting at a polling station, Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Indonesians voted to re-elect incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the world's biggest single-day election for a new president and more than 20,000 legislative seats, ballot counts from 5 independent survey groups show, AP reports.

Details: Almost 193 million Indonesians were registered to vote in the polls, which ended at 1 pm local time. In a repeat of the 2014 presidential election, Widodo was taking on former Gen. Prabowo Subianto.

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