LIVE: Indonesia votes for new president, parliamentary representatives

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Qonversations in partnership with Global South World brings you live coverage of the keenly contested 2024 Indonesia Elections which is described as the world’s biggest single-day election on February 14, which will also decide who will become president of the world’s third-biggest democracy and its fourth-most populous nation.

Out of the 270 million Indonesian citizens, 205 million (75%) are voting at the 20,000 administrative posts on the country’s 17,000 islands to elect a President, Vice President and People’s Consultative Assembly which consists of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and members of local legislative bodies at the provincial and city/regency level.

The race to replace President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, who must leave after serving two five-year terms, is between 72-year-old Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto; 55-year-old former governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo; and 54-year-old Anies Baswedan who is a former governor of Jakarta.

Polling stations across Indonesia open at 7 am local time (00:00GMT) and votes will be manually counted at the polling stations after polls close at 1 pm local time.

Follow the live coverage here!

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