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Quick count shows incumbent leading in Cilacap
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A woman dips her pinkie in ink after voting in Panisihan village, Cilacap regency, Central Java, on Wednesday. Cilacap, along with 100 other regions across the country, held regional elections on Wednesday. (The Jakarta Post/Agus Maryono)
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ncumbent Cilacap Regent Tato Suwarto Pamuji and running mate Syamsul are ahead in the local election with 57 percent of the vote, according to a quick count conducted by pollster Script Survei Indonesia (SSI).
The Tofik Hidayat-Faiqoh ticket, meanwhile, garnered 26 percent while Fran Lukman-Bambang got 16 percent, according to SSI.
"That's the result we have as of this evening," Tato-Syamsul campaign team member Taufik Hidayatulloh said on Wednesday.
(Read also: Central Java's Cilacap election debate turns into comedy show)
The Tato-Syamsul ticket is backed by the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Democratic Party, the Golkar Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Irfan Fauzani, a Cilacap-based activist from the country's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, said the fact that Tato was the incumbent regent made him difficult to beat.
Aniroh, a member of the Cilacap General Elections Commission (KPU Cilacap), said election day ran smoothly without security incidents.
The regency has 1.4 million registered voters. (bbs)
