The General Elections Commission (KPU) has declared Joko Widodo as the winner of the presidential election

News24xx.com -  Finally, after the election on April 17, today, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially declared President Joko Widodo aka Jokowi with Ma'ruf Amin as the winner of the presidential election.

They declared it after completing the national vote tally in the early hours of Tuesday morning, May 21 2019. 

As information, the final tally showed that the Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin pair secured 85 million votes (55.5 percent), the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pair garnered 68 million votes (44.5 percent).

KPU head Arief Budiman said the losing candidate pair could challenge the election result at the Constitutional Court within three days of the official announcement of the vote tally.

But if there is no legal challenge, the KPU will officially name Jokowi and Ma’ruf duly elected as president and vice president for the 2019-2024 period on Friday.

But, the he Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno camp has said it will not accept the election results citing what they claimed was “structural, systemic and massive” vote-rigging. But on Monday, the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) rejected their report of election fraud, saying the Prabowo camp had failed to provide solid evidence.

Prabowo’s staunchest supporters, however, have said they will take to the streets to protest the election results, fueling fears of possible violence.  

 

 

 

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