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Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Deadline passes for Ridwan Kamil to challenge Jakarta election results
A lawyer for Ridwan’s camp said his team had prepared 97 percent of the documents required for a challenge to the election results and was waiting for final approval from campaign team chief Ahmad Riza Patria to lodge the petition.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Banjarbaru election result challenged after controversial candidate dismissal
The Banjarbaru Elections Commission (KPU) did not provide a blank box to replace a candidate disqualified from the mayoral race, and declared all votes cast for the ousted pair invalid, raising protests among voters.
Politics 1 year ago
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PDI-P calls for reform over alleged police meddling in polls
The nationalist party, now cast as the de facto opposition in the House, has met with general opposition from other political parties in the ruling coalition, but also some hints of support from observers about restructuring supervision over the police institution.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Jakarta, regions see historically low voter turnout in local polls
In Jakarta, only 57 percent of registered voters voted during Wednesday's gubernatorial election, a trend also witnessed in other regions during this year's simultaneous regional elections, according to data from pollsters and poll bodies.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Pramono claims victory in Jakarta, but rivals still hope for runoff
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Pramono Anung has declared victory in the city’s recent election, despite inconclusive results from pollsters on whether the race will finish in a single round or proceed to a runoff.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Disasters, political fatigue blamed for regional polls’ low turnouts
Many voters refrained from going to polling stations to cast votes for this year's simultaneous regional elections, with observers and election organizers mostly blaming disasters and political exhaustion as factors discouraging people from voting.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Millions cast votes from new regions, others from behind bars
The competition between the ruling Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) did not elude Indonesia’s new Papuan provinces of South Papua, Central Papua, the Papua Highlands and Southwest Papua.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Preliminary results show Luthfi defeating Andika in Central Java
Central Java gubernatorial candidate Ahmad Luthfi and his running mate Taj Yasin Maimoen are likely to have beaten rivals Anika Perkasa and running mate Hendrar Prihadi in the province’s polls on Wednesday, according to preliminary results from pollsters.
