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Almost a month ago already, but I just recently downloaded the video below from my hape (mobile phone). Recorded in the Semanggi area on July 4, just a few days before the presidential elections in Indonesia. Tens of thousands of demonstrators went to Jakarta to show their support for president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Some 25 political parties supported SBY in his re-election, so it was a bright mix of all kinds of parties, harmoniously together.
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Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won a second term after the General Elections Commission completed its count of votes in the Indonesian presidential election late Thursday night, local media organisations reported. An official announcement of the count, completed two days ahead of schedule, is expected on Friday, The Jakarta Post said.
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The current quick count being performed by the General Election Commission KPU shows that current president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the clear winner of the presidential elections held yesterday. The results from almost 19 million votes was already sent to the KPU early this morning. These temporary results were send to the KPU by SMS from polling stations across the vast archipelago. Currently some 61.7 percent of the votes goes to Yudhoyono.
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The three most important surveyors in Indonesia all put current president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the lead in the presidential elections that were held earlier today. Currently an average of 59.5 percent of all votes cast would be for Yudhoyono, state press agency Antara reports. LP3ES, Lingkaran Survei Indonesia and Lembaga Riset Informasi now all give the current president an absolute majority in which no second round is required for him to extend his current presidential term with another five years.
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Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently on the lead in the exit polls held in various locations throughout Indonesia. Almost 180 million Indonesians are allowed to cast their vote today on who they would like to be their president in the coming five years. Earlier opinion polls already showed that Yudhoyono had a big lead over the other two presidential candidates; Megawati Soekarnoputri (former president, followed up by Yudhoyono in 2004) and Jusuf Kalla, the current vice-president.
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The Constitutional Court decided on Monday evening that unregistered voters are allowed to exercise their voting right in next Wednesday`s presidential poll by showing their identity cards. "We hereby partially accept the judicial review request," Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud M.D. said when reading the court's decision on a request for a judicial review of Law No. 42 / 2008 on Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections here on Monday.
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The ruling Democrat Party led by Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the republic’s legislative election, winning 148 seats. The final results of the April 9 election, announced by the election commission last night, showed that the Democrat controlled 26.43% of the 560-seat parliament.
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The first quick count results from KPU, the Indonesian general election commission, show that the secular parties have gained even more than what first indicated by various surveys held on election day, yesterday. Below is the quick count result from KPU, the final counts will be announced within one month.
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The democratic party of current president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono comes up as the winner during quick counts made by several different organisations. The party gets around 20 percent of the votes nationally. Numbers two and three are the Democratic Party of Struggle from former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and Golkar, the labour party of former president Suharto.
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Indonesia holds legislative elections today, amid concerns about vote buying, fraud and some regional violence in the country. But the elections mark a transition for the young democracy. Indonesia's legislative elections span thousands of islands with more than 40 political parties and tens of thousands of candidates.
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As Indonesia heads for elections, some politicians are taking a more nationalist line on the country's vast natural resources, a move that could scare off much-needed foreign capital amid the global credit crunch. While some industry experts see the rumblings over foreign investment as campaign trail posturing, the rhetoric highlights the risks for investors in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, particularly in its energy and mining sectors.
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The National Elections Commission (KPU) have decreed that the next general election for Indonesia's President and Vice President will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2009. If a run off election is required, that will take place on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. The Presidential Elections will be preceded by legislative elections set for April 9, 2009 with the formal certification of those results to be made by KPU on May 9, 2009.
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A survey held by the Reform Institute shows that the trust of the people against the leadership of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and vice-president Jusuf Kalla is getting more positive. "The trust of the people in the leadership has increased since the last survey was done in July," said Yudi Latief, the general director of the institute in a meeting with the press in Jakarta.
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As much as 34 political parties have passed the factual verification process and are entitled to join the general elections in 2009. There are two different groups; 16 parties which already joined the last general elections and 18 new parties. This information was released by the chairman of the meeting held by the General Elections Committee KPU after their meeting last evening.
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The voting day for the general elections of 2009 has officially be postponed to April 9, 2009. This was decided in a meeting with the General Election Commission KPU and the Second Commission of the House of Representatives (Komisi II DPR) earlier today. The election process is to be revised as soon as possible. It is not possible to make a very detailed revision because a lack of time.
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The city of Denpasar will deploy 1,200 personnel to ensure the coming race for the governorship of Bali on July 9, 2008 goes smoothly. The contingent of 1,200 Balinese police officers from the Denpasar precinct represent two-thirds of the 1801 police personnel assigned to the Island's capital.
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Twenty-four new political parties in Indonesia meet qualifications as legal entities after they have passed the verification process held by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, local English newspaper the Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. "Only 24 of the 115 registered parties eventually fulfilled all the administrative requirements, including having offices in at least 20 provinces," Aidir Amin Daud, the ministry's director of public institutions said.
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Former Indonesian president and chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri has accepted the request of her party to contest in the 2009 presidential elections.
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Fauzi Bowo and Prijanto have become the first directly elected governor and vice-governor of the capital of Indonesia. After a day of voting, the vice-president of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, sent his congratulations to the couple. Although there are no official results yet, quick counts by various independent parties all show a victory for Fauzi Bowo and Prijanto, with around 58 percent of the votes.
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Up to six million voters are expected to take part in the first direct democratic elections for governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta today. Fauzi Bowo, who represents 19 political parties, is favoured to win over Adang Daradjatun, his only opponent in this election.
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A former rebel inaugurated as governor of the Indonesian province of Aceh has said he now faced a new and lengthy fight for his people's welfare. Irwandi Yusuf, a former spokesman for the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), won the first direct elections for the post on 38 percent of the December 11 vote, with his nearest rivals on less than 17 percent.
"We are grateful and thank all the people in Aceh for trusting us with this job. We realise that we are given a big task," Yusuf told his supporters Thursday.
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A former rebel leader has been officially declared the winner of gubernatorial elections in Aceh province, the electoral commission said Friday, confirming initial quick-count results earlier this month. Irwandi Yusuf, who was in jail for treason when the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed into Aceh in 2004, won 38 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Ahmad Humam Hamid, trailed with 16 per cent, provincial election chief Muhammad Jafar told reporters.
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Human rights protesters demonstrated in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, urging international monitors overseeing a historic peace deal between the government and separatist rebels to stay on. Thirty-five remaining European and Asian monitors grouped under the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) are due to leave the province on Friday, ending a 15-month stint there.
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A former rebel leader swept to victory in landmark elections in Aceh province one year after a peace deal ended a decades-long civil war that claimed 15,000 lives, pollsters said yesterday. The Indonesian government said it would respect the outcome of the vote in the province, which was the worst-hit region in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. Election monitors said the vote was free and fair.
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More than 2 million people are expected to vote in Indonesia's once-rebellious Aceh on Monday in landmark elections aimed at bolstering a peace deal between the government and separatists. Jakarta and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed the Aug. 15, 2005 truce under Finnish mediation to end almost three decades of fighting that had killed 15,000 people since the rebels launched a struggle for an independent state on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island.
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Muhammad Nasir has more than earned the right to cast a vote in the upcoming historic elections in Indonesia's strife-torn Aceh province. Only 18 months ago, the 39-year-old was languishing in jail, a political prisoner from the armed Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which had waged a guerrilla war against the Indonesian government since 1976.
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Indonesia will soon set the ball rolling to allow former rebels in Aceh to establish a political party and join the mainstream in the once volatile province, a top peace monitor said on Saturday. Aceh will hold landmark elections on December 11, the first ever direct vote for top executive posts in the province and seen as a key step toward consolidating a peace deal struck in August 2005.
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The candidates for the leaders of Aceh province in Indonesia began a two-week-long official campaign on Friday to compete over the positions of governor and mayors, the provincial electoral commission said. "The campaign starts today, from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7," M. Jafar, chairman of the commission, told Xinhua in a telephone interview.
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Indonesian Home Affairs Minister M Ma`ruf left Jakarta for Aceh Province on Wednesday to inspect preparations made for the upcoming implementation of the Aceh direct regional chief elections scheduled for December 11, 2006. Minister Ma`ruf is expected to visit several districts in Indonesia`s northernmost province of Aceh, to monitor the preparations made by the regions.
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A former Indonesian general and a separatist rebel are among eight candidates running for governor in the once-volatile province of Aceh next month, an election official said on Monday. The poll, the first ever direct vote for top posts in the province, are a key stage in efforts to permanently end a conflict that has killed 15,000 people since the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) launched a rebellion against Jakarta in 1976.
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Officials said Tuesday that Indonesia will hold landmark elections in Aceh province on Dec. 11, paving the way for former rebels to take part in the political process. The vote for governor and other local positions is the first since a peace deal a year ago ended 29 years of fighting between separatist guerrillas and government troops that left 15,000 people dead.
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Supporters of former Sorong regent Abraham Octovianus Atururi celebrated Sunday amid provisional results showing him headed for victory in West Irian Jaya's first direct gubernatorial election. Abraham, whose running mate is Rahimin Katjong, was reported ahead in all the election regions -- eight regencies and one mayoralty -- in the newly established but disputed province.
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Presidency has been defined, among others, as the collective administrative and governmental entity operating in a presidential office. Presidency varies from one state to another and from one period to another in a single country. Sukarno's presidency differed from Soeharto's, B.J. Habibie's, Abdurrahman Wahid's and Megawati Soekarnoputri's.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in his Cabinet ministers at the State Palace here on Thursday. In his inaugural speech, Susilo reminded the ministers, members of the United Indonesia Cabinet, that they had signed a political contract to be loyal, honest, hard-working, give priority to state and national interests over parties' interests and to be free from corruption and misconduct.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced on Wednesday at the State Palace his cabinet line up. The line up was announced at 11:50 p.m. after being postponed from the original schedule at 8 p.m.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth, a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists. A solemn-looking Yudhoyono took the oath of office on Wednesday inside a cavernous hall at parliament in front of the very legislators many expect will challenge the big popular mandate he won in Indonesia's first direct presidential election last month.
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Foreign dignitaries yesterday rushed to Indonesia for this morning's inauguration of the new president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, after Prime Minister John Howard announced he would go. Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister, Suwat Lippapanlop, and Vietnam's Foreign Minister, Nguyen Dy Nien, joined foreign leaders and dignitaries from six other countries who have announced they will attend the ceremony. In the past, only ambassadors and local dignitaries have attended.
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President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Tuesday afternoon left the State Palace for the last time as the fifth Indonesian president. Megawati arrived at the palace at 11.15 a.m. to sign the Law on National Social Security System. She left at 12:15 p.m. and did not give a speech after the signing.
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A former general with a doctorate in economics takes power in Indonesia today, facing the challenge of translating a landslide election victory into action on economic growth and against Islamic militancy. For Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 55, big tests will come early as he appoints his cabinet and seeks to work with a parliament riddled with members of old elites vowing a rough ride for the country's first directly elected president.
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President Megawati Sukarnoputri effectively conceded defeat in Indonesia's first direct leadership ballot Thursday by not filing any complaints despite claims from her party of vote fraud. The Constitutional Court said former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's sweeping victory was final. It said Megawati had not submitted any objections by a Thursday deadline.
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Indonesia has announced the winner of last month's presidential elections, and advisors to President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who lost by a large margin, have said they do not plan to challenge the result. But the transition process has ground to a halt, at least - or so it appears - for another day. It may be a question of Asian reticence, or it may be Indonesia's inexperience with direct presidential elections. Whatever the reason, the presidential transition in the world's largest Muslim nation has come to a stop while each side waits for the other to speak.
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A tearful President Megawati Sukarnoputri has told Indonesians to accept the result of the country's landmark leadership ballot, but has not explicitly conceded defeat to her former security chief. Megawati's team has threatened to challenge the vote count from some areas, putting winner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a bind and risking what could have been an orderly end to Indonesia's first direct presidential election.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been declared the runaway winner of Indonesia's first direct presidential election but faces an immediate problem when his opponent refuses to concede defeat. Yudhoyono had been scheduled to make an acceptance speech at 7.00 p.m. (1 p.m.) after the independent election commission said he had crushed incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a landslide, capping a rapid rise to power for the former general who has pledged to create jobs, stamp out graft and fight terrorism. Preliminary final results obtained on Monday gave Yudhoyono 60 percent of Indonesia's first direct leadership ballot while incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri took 39 percent.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Monday. 
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Monday.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is poised to become Indonesia's first president by popular mandate with the official vote tally of Monday's election showing a clear margin of victory with counting almost complete. Yudhoyono leads with a 61 percent share of votes, the General Election Commission said in Jakarta, compared with 39 percent for President Megawati Soekarnoputri. The result is unlikely to change with almost 90 percent of votes already counted, the commission said. About 109 million votes had been counted as of 8:02 a.m. Jakarta time, from an estimated turnout of 122 million.
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Known for its Islamic outlook, the emergence of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) as a major faction in the Jakarta City Council has raised concerns for businessmen who own entertainment spots, who worry that the councillors will take an narrow view on nightspots. This fear, however, was dismissed by council PKS faction chairman Gunawan on Thursday since a hard-line policy would spark unrest in society. He added that a repressive approach would be counterproductive if the public was not ready to accept it.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Friday.
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Former Indonesian security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his advisers are moving ahead with preparations to assume the presidency, discussing policy plans and the formation of a cabinet at his home today, even though he has yet to be officially declared the victor of Indonesia's first direct vote for a head of state.
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Presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla, have won the runoff in Jakarta, securing 3,391,372 votes (69.21 percent) of the 5,018,367 votes cast on Monday. Data released on Wednesday by the General Elections Commission (KPU) showed that 4,899,857 ballots, or 97.64 percent of total votes, were declared valid and 118,510 ballots (2.36 percent) invalid. The Susilo-Kalla duo topped all 24,204 polling stations in the capital.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Tuesday.
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The Golkar Party dismissed on Monday nine key Golkar members for defying the executive board's order to support presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Hasyim Muzadi in Monday's election runoff. Two of those, Fahmi Idris and former attorney general Marzuki Darusman, will almost certainly lose their seats in the House of Representatives, even though they were directly elected by the people -- Jakarta and West Nusa Tenggara, respectively -- in April's legislative election.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Tuesday.
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An urbane former general who promises to fight terror and clean up government headed for an overwhelming victory against incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's first direct presidential election Monday. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Megawati's one-time chief security minister, had won 59 percent of 10 million votes counted as of noon GMT, the election commission said. Megawati had 41 percent.
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A former general, who has promised to uphold civilian rule, appears to have easily defeated the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia’s presidential election today, according to a nationwide survey of votes. Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to win 61 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent for Ms. Megawati in the runoff election, according to the survey by the Washington based National Democratic Institute.
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Polling stations closed on Monday in Indonesia, concluding a peaceful morning of voting to select the country's next president, officials said. Jakarta election commission chairman Mohammad Taufik said ballot boxes were sealed at 1:00 pm (0600 GMT) and counting had begun after six hours of voting across the sprawling archipelago, during which there were no reports of trouble.
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A new-and-improved computerized vote counting system was ready for the presidential election and would help to reduce vote-rigging in the poll, the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Sunday. As in the legislative election and the first round of the presidential election, the computerized vote counting will provide the public with updates from polling stations nationwide.
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Over 100 million people are expected to flock to hundreds of thousands of polling stations on Monday to cast their votes in the final round of the country's first-ever direct presidential election. While recognizing Monday's election as a significant milestone in the country's democratization process, experts nevertheless warned on Sunday against putting too much hope in the next president.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team has reported the Fakta tabloid newspaper to the General Elections Supervisory Board for articles it says are part of a dirty tricks campaign by supporters of President Megawati Soekarnoputri to smear the presidential challenger. Team lawyers Harry Witjaksono Sh, Antawiriya and Bambang called for Panwaslu to investigate the irresponsible reports and to stop the distribution of the tabloid.
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The Indonesia Rectors Forum (FRI) has sent about 10,000 university students to monitor the second round of presidential elections on Monday at 5,000 polling stations throughout the country. "The deployment of monitoring teams is actually a manifestation of the social control function and moral force of higher learning institutions during this festival of democracy," Trisakti University rector Prof Dr Thoby Mutis said here on Sunday.
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Voting is underway in Indonesia's first direct election of a president. Up to 150 million registered voters could cast votes in more than 560,000 polling stations in 32 provinces in the 210 million person country. Security is tight with more than 200,000 extra police on duty to guard against a follow up attack to the 9 September blast at the Australian embassy thought to have been masterminded by fugitive Jemaah Islamiah bomber Azahari.
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Indonesia plans to deploy over one million police officers, soldiers and civilian guards to ensure voting in Monday's presidential election passes off peacefully. This comes as some potential suicide bombers remain on the loose following last week's deadly blast outside's Australia's embassy in Jakarta. Indonesia's first two rounds of elections this year passed off relatively peacefully, but the authorities are not letting their guard down.
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 A former army general looks set to snatch Indonesia's presidency by a landslide in next week's election run-off, two surveys showed on Wednesday, but incumbent leader Megawati Sukarnoputri insisted she could win. The release of the surveys follows a deadly bomb blast last week outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, though pollsters were divided over whether heightened security fears would translate into more votes for either candidate on Sept. 20.
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The official campaign has begun for Indonesia's run-off presidential election. Incumbent president, Megawati Sukarnoputri faces, her former security minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in the September 20 election. Analysts are divided over whether the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta last week will impact on the poll.
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Two weeks to go before the election runoff on Sept. 20, 2004, both presidential candidates are availing of every opportunity they can to woo the voters. As the Central Jakarta District Court was slated on Monday to hand down its verdict in a high-profile defamation case against three Tempo magazine journalists, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono used the opportunity to seek the support of the media. He said there should be no journalists sent to prison for articles they wrote.
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Indonesian presidential frontrunner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rejected on Tuesday rumours he and his party have received foreign funding. Ex-general Yudhoyono, who topped the July first-round presidential vote with 33.6 percent in a field of five, faces incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in a Sept. 20 run-off after failing to win a clear majority. As he fended off accusations of foreign backing Yudhoyono's campaign was boosted by further defections from the powerful Golkar party, a partner in Megawati's coalition.
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Indonesia's former Armed Forces Commander Wiranto, who was knocked out in July's presidential race, is opting to stay neutral in next month's concluding round between President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. In his first news conference after the Constitutional Court rejected his election appeal, Mr Wiranto also says his political career is not over.
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Presidential front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won support from an increasingly popular Islamic party in his first formal political deal as a survey showed he had widened his lead over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri. The Justice and Prosperity Party - which will be the sixth-biggest party with 45 seats in the next parliament - became the first yesterday to declare its support for him in next month's run-off election.
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Heavyweight political parties have long held sway in Indonesia, but the emergence of a new breed of voter more likely to listen to the media or even mystics for guidance has robbed them of their former dominance, analysts say. Despite this shift from the days when parties extended influence into the lowest echelons of society, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has gambled on her credibility to win the backing of political titans ahead of September presidential polls.
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Megawati Soekarnoputri's reelection bid received another boost on Monday after the Muslim-based Reform Star Party (PBR) decided to support her in the Sept. 20 election runoff. PBR chairman Zaenuddin MZ said in a press conference on Monday that the party had undertaken a series of discussions before deciding to throw its weight behind Megawati.
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Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri has gained a boost in her effort for a fresh term in office after Golkar, the party that won most of the votes in recent parliamentary elections, endorsed her. Megawati, whose Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDI-P) lost its mantle as the leading party in the parliament to Golkar in the April polls, faces her former security minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in a September 20 presidential election.
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An Indonesian court on Monday dismissed an appeal from presidential hopeful Wiranto against the July 5 election results, ending the ex-general's bid for the country's top job. Former military chief Wiranto appealed to the constitutional court last week, arguing that he lost more than 5.4 million votes due to irregularities in the first round of Indonesia's first direct presidential election.
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New faces will dominate Indonesia's next government following the country's April 5 legislative polls, according to official election documents. The Kompas newspaper says new faces make up 72 per cent of the country's next Parliament or People's Representative Council (DPR). It based its conclusion on the list of names of the incoming Members of Parliament, released on Tuesday by the Indonesian General Election Commission.
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Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz has expressed support for President Megawati Sukarnoputri, providing a small boost for her re-election bid in next month's run-off polls.
Ms Megawati has received the backing of Mr Hamzah's Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP), which won the third-largest number of seats in April's parliamentary elections.
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Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could become the next president of Indonesia, according to a poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI). 68 per cent of respondents would vote for Yudhoyono of the Democratic Party (PDI) in the country’s run-off election.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono topped the first round of Indonesia's first direct presidential election and will face incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri in a September run-off, the election commission (KPU) said on Monday. Susilo, who rose from rank outsider to hot favorite after resigning from Megawati's cabinet during a heated row earlier this year, had the highest number of votes but less than the 50 percent needed to prevent the Sept. 20 run-off, election commission officials said. Megawati came second in the race among five candidates.
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A small blast has been heard outside Indonesia's election commission building as officials prepared to announce the results of the presidential elections. Dozens of students were demonstrating outside the Indonesian election commission (KPU) building in central Jakarta on Monday when the blast was heard, said witnesses.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 21:00 p.m. Monday Jakarta time. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 106.907.594
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Suwarjo, 60, an executive with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Bondowoso branch, and his wife and son were found murdered in the family home on Wednesday. The police are looking into whether the murders were political motivated or were a case of revenge. The police have ruled out robbery as being behind the murders, as no valuables were stolen.
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National Assembly Speaker Amien Rais said he was shocked by his defeat in Indonesia's presidential election. With almost 104 million votes, or around 82 percent of the total, tallied after the July 5 first round of Indonesia's first direct presidential polls, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had 34 percent.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 22:00 p.m. Monday Jakarta time. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 95.950.549
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The Jakarta stock market fell on Thursday, with some analysts saying an key factor was fears "market favorite" Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono might fail to win the president's job.
The Jakarta Composite Index ended lower by 1.54 percent or 11.92 points, to 759.742, on volume of 1.72 billion shares traded worth Rp 908.78 billion (US$101 million). Stock analyst Fendi A. Susiyanto of BNI Securities said the decline was attributable to profit-taking by investors following concerns Susilo might lose the runoff on Sept. 20 to incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri or Wiranto.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 18:00 p.m. Thursday. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 79.054.655
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 22:00 p.m. Wednesday. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 70.692.339
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If the National Mandate Party's Amien Rais and Siswono Yudohusodo fail to advance to the second round of Indonesia's presidential election, their supporters in North Sumatra province have promised not to vote during the run-off on Sept 20. It would be much better for us to stay away from the polling stations and not to channel our political aspirations, if Amien and Siswono fail to make it to the second round, some employees of private companies here said on Wednesday.
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Seven people have gone missing in bad weather while transporting presidential election material by boat to an Indonesian island, the navy said Wednesday. There has been no information since Saturday about the boat which was taking three poll officials, four policemen and the material from Tuapejat town on Sipora island to Siberut island, said Sergeant Major Darmansyah of the navy base in Padang on Sumatra island.
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The Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) hailed on Tuesday the country's first direct presidential election as peaceful and democratic, but warned that the use of nonpermanent ink and double perforation of ballot papers could reduce the quality of the poll. "We should be grateful that the election was generally free of violence despite tensions in many poll stations over the use of nonpermanent ink and the immediate validation of double perforations on ballot papers," committee member Didik Supriyanto said.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 11:00 a.m. Wednesday. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 57.753.908
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Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won Indonesia's presidential race with 33.2% of the vote, but the General Election Commission believes millions of ballots may be invalid. Election officials ordered a national vote recount after early results showed "tens of millions" of votes might have been spoiled in Monday’s inaugural presidential elections.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 18:30 p.m. Tuesday. The number of votes are those which are processed until this time and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now. The number of counted votes is 39.386.772
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 9:50 p.m. on Monday. The number of votes are those which are processed until 9:50 and do not represent a regional result. The results below are based on a total of 15.942.896 counted votes. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now.
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Provisional results of the presidential elections based on votes counted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as of 9:50 p.m. on Monday. The number of votes are those which are processed until 9:50 and do not represent a regional result. The complete and final ballot count is expected to be announced within two weeks from now.
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Indonesia's election authority last night ordered a nationwide recount of votes as the country's first direct presidential election descended into confusion over millions of votes wrongly declared invalid. A spokeswoman for the General Election Commission, Sinta Satriana, told the Herald recounting would take place in all 32 provinces in an attempt to work out the total votes for each of the five pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
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Presidential election provisional result as of Monday, July 7, 2004 at 6:20 p.m.:
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Front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono cast his ballot on Monday in Indonesia's first direct presidential election and warned of the threat of violence if the contest goes to a second-round runoff. The ex-general, who had 43.5 percent support in a survey published last week, needs more than 50 percent to avoid the runoff on Sept. 20 between the top two candidates.
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Voters in Greater Jakarta complained on Monday about the quality of the indelible ink used for the presidential election, claiming the ink easily washed off their hands. "I was able to wash off the ink with water right after casting my vote," said Julaeha of Margahayu subdistrict in East Bekasi district, Bekasi, West Java. Julaeha voted at polling station No. 63. Similar complaints were heard at other polling stations in the Margahayu and Jati Makmur subdistricts.
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Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appeared in the lead as polls closed in Indonesia's presidential election Monday, but a runoff is still expected. Public opinion surveys show incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri trailing behind Yudhoyono, a retired general and former security minister who resigned from Megawati's Cabinet months ago to seek her job.
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Indonesians today began voting in their first direct presidential election, six years after the fall of dictator Suharto. Polls opened first in Papua province in eastern Indonesia, two hours ahead of the capital of Jakarta. Public opinion surveys have shown incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri – daughter of the country’s founding father, Sukarno – trailing behind to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired general and former security minister who resigned from her Cabinet months ago to seek her job.
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