SBY-Boediono wins in polling stations abroad

JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and running mate Boediono garnered the majority vote not only at home during the presidential election but also abroad, Antara news agency reports.

Preliminary counts show that the pair won the most votes at polling stations at Indonesian embassies in London, Hamburg, Stockholm, The Hague, Brussels, Madrid, Prague, Moscow and Rome.

In London, 89 out of a total 116 votes (or 77 percent) went to the pair. In The Hague they also won the majority with 567 votes.

Unofficial polling bodies at home show similar results in their quick counts, with the incumbent receiving more than 60 percent of the total vote. - JP