JAKARTA (ANN): A quick count conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Cyrus Network indicates that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has been reelected to the presidency
The count shows that the Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin ticket has won 55.8% of the vote against Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno’s 44.2%.
"Today, we can conclude that Pak Jokowi and Pak Ma'ruf Amin are ahead of Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno based on our quick count results," CSIS executive director Philips Vermonte said on Wednesday .For the quick count, pollsters surveyed 2,002 polling stations across the country’s 34 provinces. As of 5:03 pm local time, data from 86.7% of the polling stations surveyed had been received. The margin of error from the quick count is 1%.
A quick count conducted by Jakarta-based pollster Charta Politika also shows similar results with Jokowi-Ma’ruf winning 54.3% against Prabowo-Sandiaga’s 45.7%, with 83.8% of 2,000 polling stations surveyed. The results were in line with the most recent polls, which showed Jokowi holding a comfortable double-digit lead over the Gerindra Party chairman. - The Jakarta Post / Asia News Network
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