Security personnel across the country have launched measures to prevent local residents from going to the capital city of Jakarta, amid reports that supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto are planning to take to the streets to challenge the election result.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially declared President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo the winner of the April 17 presidential election after completing the national vote tally in the early hours of Tuesday morning, ahead of the initial schedule of May 22. 

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(TJP/Kharishar Kahfi and Ghina Ghaliya)