Voting started at around 10.30 a.m and was witnessed by members of the Jakarta Election Commission (KPU), the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), KPK officials and several police officers.

Among the eight suspects were former Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar, who is suspected of accepting a bribe in the judicial review of Law No.41/2014 on Farming and Animal Husbandry; and former Jakarta city councilor Muhammad Sanusi, who is allegedly involved in a corruption case related to the reclamation project off the North Jakarta coast.

Businessman Andi Zulkarnaen Mallarangeng was also included. He is on trial for his alleged involvement in the Hambalang graft case, which centers around the construction of a sports center in Hambalang, West Java, between 2010 and 2012.

Candidates Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno seemed to be the favorite among the eight graft suspects, who posed for cameras with three fingers raised after casting their ballots. Number three is the ballot number for Anies-Sandiaga.

Sanusi is a Gerindra Party politician. The party supports Anies-Sandiaga in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

(Read also: Individuals implicated in corruption to vote at KPK headquarters)

The suspects would have voted at polling station No. 19 in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, but the KPK arranged for them to cast their ballots closer to the anti-graft body’s headquarters.

Ahmad Suprayogi, coordinator of the Election Supervisory Committee (PPK) in Setiabudi, said a polling booth was also installed at the KPK during the first election round in February.

"There were only seven participants [voters] then," Ahmad said. (dan)

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