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LIVE: Indonesia votes for new president, parliamentary representatives
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!
