From outgoing ministers to popular singers and comedians, familiar faces are making their way to the House of Representatives after last month's legislative election.

In a speech delivered after the KPU announced the election final tally Surya, whose NasDem Party nominated opposition candidate Anies Baswedan in the presidential race, added that he would support any legal efforts to litigate the election results.

Speaking to reporters in Pontianak, West Sumatra, President Jokowi who was on a working visit to the province said that he would continue focusing on his primary job of leading the country as president.

The president's son Gibran Rakabuming Raka was running with the winning ticket of Prabowo Subianto and the team of Anies maintains he was unfairly allowed to join the race due to the court's last-minute change of eligibility rules. 

Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan declined to concede after the results were released on Wednesday and his team has alleged the current administration had unfairly sought to influence the contest, which authorities have rejected.

He thanked the outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, whose tacit backing helped Prabowo win at his third attempt.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has won the popular vote in the 2024 legislative election, according to the final General Elections Commission (KPU) vote tally, with the Golkar Party following in a close second.

Prabowo secured 96.2 million votes, 58.6 percent of the total cast, according to the final tally.

Hugely popular but without a political party of his own Jokowi is seeking to install a key ally as chairman of Golkar, said the four senior politicians, who include three senior Golkar officials and who have direct knowledge of the matter.

On the eve of the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) Wednesday deadline for the announcement of the 2024 presidential election results, the poll body had finished assessing returns from 36 of the country’s 38 provinces, with Papua and the Papua Highlands the only two remaining.

Presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto will need to maintain a “cordial relationship” with outgoing leader President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo if he is to fulfill many of his ambitious campaign promises, experts have said, as they weigh in on the likely challenges faced by a Prabowo administration.

The government’s attitude toward the country’s human rights issues remains avoidant and contradictory to reality, activists said on Monday, after last week’s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) session in Geneva put Indonesia on the defensive.

Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto has gained an early advantage in a key leadership race to be held later this year as he fights off potential contenders with internal support predicated on a strong showing in the 2024 legislative election.

Human rights groups ELSAM and Imparsial both warned of the possible impacts of the proposed government regulation that allows military and police personnel to take civil posts.

The presumptive vice president-elect has denied that his father President Jokowi had a hand in determining potential appointees to the cabinet of Prabowo Subianto, who is expected to be declared president-elect by the KPU in just two days.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is racing to finish its tiered vote tabulation of last month’s general election after sluggish progress in several provinces, including West Java, has cast doubt over the poll body’s ability to meet its March 20 deadline.

The KPK has named 15 out of 78 detention center employees as suspects of orchestrating the extortion scheme, which netted the group around Rp 6.3 billion in illicit fees from inmates between 2019 and 2023.

Lawmakers and government representatives have agreed that a sitting president appoint the chair of the propose Jakarta Agglomeration Council, after critics pointed out that the initial bill putting the vice president at its helm seemed accommodative of Jokowi's perceived dynastic interests.

The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority retracted an eviction letter sent to local residents earlier this month, affirming the authority's respect for indigenous rights in the new capital area. 

Both engineers have been ordered not to leave South Korea, with the Indonesian government saying it is too early to allege data theft in the case. 

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, who is also President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law, has said he will join the North Sumatra gubernatorial election in November.

The House of Representatives and the government have rescinded the appointment of the vice president as Jakarta Agglomeration Council chair, authorizing the president to make the decisions.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has confirmed presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto’s upset win in key battleground provinces in Java, as organizers raced to conclude the 2024 election vote tally by the March 20 deadline.

A draft government regulation which potentially allows active military and police officers to occupy civilian posts in the government institutions is problematic for betraying the democratic and Reform spirit, according to human rights watchdogs.

President Jokowi's youngest son Kaesang Pangarep is rumored to be considered running in either the Jakarta gubernatorial or Surakarta mayoral elections, while some parties are interested in endorsing his wife to run in the upcoming Sleman regency election.

The government has called on lawmakers to allow Jakartans to elect their own governor once the city loses its national capital status as the House of Representatives kickstarted the deliberation of the Jakarta special designation bill on Wednesday.

Claiming to have found evidence that last month’s election was rigged, the rival camps of presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto are completing preparations to challenge the results at the Constitutional Court, which will open for disputes next week.

Basuki said that the official residences of government ministers would be smaller compared to the sprawling houses now occupied by incumbent members of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s cabinet in Widya Candra, Kuningan, South Jakarta.

Unofficial results show Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who had incumbent President Joko Widodo's tacit backing, won the Feb. 14 poll with nearly 60 percent of votes. The General Election Commission (KPU) is expected to announce the official winner by March 20.

An intimate photo of the presumptive president-elect having dinner at home with his ex-wife and their son is making a splash on social media.