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Jokowi named president-elect
TheGeneral Elections Commission (KPU) announced the official final vote tallyand named Joko "Jokowi" Widodo president-elect with a total vote of70,997,833, or 53
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heGeneral Elections Commission (KPU) announced the official final vote tallyand named Joko "Jokowi" Widodo president-elect with a total vote of70,997,833, or 53.15 percent, on Tuesday evening.
"TheKPU declares candidate pair Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla as president-elect and vicepresident-elect," KPU chairman Husni Kamil Malik said at an officialannouncement broadcasted live on TV from the KPU headquarters in CentralJakarta on Tuesday evening.
Duringthe announcement, KPU chairman Husni Kamil Malik said rival candidate PrabowoSubianto had garnered 62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 percent.
Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) chairman Muhammad also confirmed thatthe final vote tally result was equal with the agency's data.
Husnisaid all KPU commissioners and candidate witnesses had signed the formal finalresult document. (gda/dic)
