A quick count released by Litbang Kompas, the research arm of Kompas daily, showed that as of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, some nine hours after polling stations closed, the PDI-P led the race for seats in the House of Representatives with 17.3 percent of the vote. By that time, the pollster had counted 60 percent of the total vote samples, which were collected from 2,000 polling stations nationwide.

The quick counts of this year’s legislative votes have been slower than those of the presidential election even though the elections were held simultaneously on Wednesday. It is possible the figures could change, and the official results will be announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) by March 20.

Another preliminary result released by Jakarta-based pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia found that the PDI-P had secured 16.67 percent of the vote as of 10 p.m, based on a quick count of 68 percent of the total 3,000 polling stations it sampled.

If the quick counts hold true, the PDI-P will have lost electoral ground. In the previous legislative election in 2019, the party won 19.33 percent of the vote, according to the official KPU results, and dominated in 18 provinces, including Bali, Central Java, West Sulawesi and Central Kalimantan.

The Wednesday quick counts indicated that the Golkar Party stood neck and neck with the Gerindra Party with 13 to 14 percent of the vote. Golkar appeared to have a slight lead.

The preliminary standings are similar to the official results of 2019, where Gerindra won 12.57 percent of the vote, while Golkar landed in third place with 12.51 percent.