Many voters who do not live in the locations as stated on their identity cards have expressed frustration at not being allowed to vote at polling stations during the election.

Jokowi parted ways with the PDI-P, his main backer during his two terms in office, after the party announced Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo as its presidential candidate.

Some 200 million Indonesians are expected to head to the polls across the nation today to decide who they want to succeed President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo: Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto or Ganjar Pranowo. 

After a decade with Jokowi at the helm, a much younger crop of voters will have the opportunity to cast their vote and help determine the direction of the country for the next five years.

Prohibited from all campaigning activities before the election day on Wednesday, presidential candidates and their running mates have chosen to spend the final stretch of the race embarking on various personal activities from attending dinner parties to traveling abroad for a religious pilgrimage, or doing their daily works.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has welcomed dozens of foreign delegates to observe the 2024 general election, which has been dubbed the largest and most complex one-day poll in the world.

The Indonesian currency has strengthened in February and hit a monthly high on the eve of the presidential election.

National and local health authorities are gearing up preparations to ensure poll workers stay healthy throughout election day on Feb. 14, ranging from opening Puskesmas for 24 hours to readying thousands of health first responders. 

The revival of KawalPemilu was partly sparked by concerns over the transparency of the new electronic counting tools that the KPU plans to employ for the 2024 general election.

Running an election is a gargantuan task in Indonesia as the archipelago of more than 17,000 islands stretches across three times zones and a distance similar to across the United States.

People might be afraid to report any vote buying because of intimidation. They might also be reluctant due to the complex reporting process in Bawaslu.

The three-day cooling period to end months of election campaigning has been anything but quiet, with civil society protesting over ethics violations as well as allegations of foul play at the highest level.

The Central Java KPU head proposes delaying voting in a district in Demak regency due to severe flooding.

With the campaign season having ended over the weekend, local administrations across the country are now urged to manage the waste from campaign props to avoid polluting the environment and filling up landfills.

Polls show former general Prabowo Subianto is on course to finally lead the country after losing to Jokowi in 2014 and 2019.

Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto remains the man to beat according to the latest poll results posted at the weekend, as the country entered a brief cooling period before it begins hosting one of the biggest elections on Wednesday amid concerns of fraud and fraught logistics.  

With the campaign season for the presidential and legislative elections having closed on Saturday, authorities have started to remove campaign banners and other paraphernalia as the country enters three days of election silence before voters head to the polls next week.

National and local authorities are geared up to anticipate a variety of potential threats, including natural disasters and terror attacks, to ensure the safety and security of the 2024 general election.

Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo wrapped up the campaign season on Saturday with the so-called "people’s celebration”, an event packed with Javanese symbols as he tried to emulate the pro-people image that had propelled President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to the nation’s highest office.

Front-runner presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka wrapped up the campaign season on Saturday at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium in Jakarta with a final push to win next week’s election in a single round.

Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and running mate Muhaimin Iskandar made their final push for votes with a rally at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) on Saturday, the last day of campaigning before voting day next week.

Acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono has denied allegations that the cheap basic grocery markets held on Wednesday were related to the upcoming presidential election, saying that they were merely intended to help the people.

The academic community fired back against what the police described as a “cooling system”, saying it served as proof that the government displayed authoritarian tendencies.

From sudden campaign permit revocation to ballot tampering abroad, the campaign teams of the three 2024 presidential candidates have reported claims of electoral foul play a week ahead of the Feb. 14 voting day.

The Democratic Party chairman has credited the presidency of his father Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the originator of the downstreaming policy, while giving a nod to the current administration's intensified efforts and expressing his belief that if elected, Prabowo-Gibran would continue the program.

West Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Johnny Eddizon Isir said on Wednesday that security and public order in the province's seven regencies remained conducive to holding the Feb. 14 election.

The former Central Java governor was ahead in the polls last year, but now finds himself stuck between the current frontrunner and an ambitious dark horse candidate.