Indonesian quick vote counts show close race

 

 

 

 

Presidential candidate from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Joko Widodo (L) and his wife Iriana show their ballot papers at a polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2014. Indonesians on Wednesday went to polls to pick up their new president for the country.

 

The result of quick vote counts of Indonesian presidential election conducted by several agencies and presented by different television stations pointed to a close race between two presidential contenders, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto with about 70 percent of total sample votes collected.

According to the count result at 14: 30 p.m. Jakarta time on Wednesday, Jokowi, the popular name of Jakarta governor Joko Widodo who pairs with Jusuf Kalla, took a slim lead in the race.

The quick count conducted by Polmark survey disclosed that Jokowi secured 52.96 percent votes and Prabowo obtained 47.04 percent votes with 72.75 percent of the total votes collected, Metro television said.

The count undertaken by the JSI survey revealed that Prabowo pairing with Hatta Rajasa had 50.57 percent, and Jokowi obtained 49.43 percent with 77.62 percent of the total votes collected, TV one reported.

The other count conducted by SMRC survey revealed that Jokowi secured 52.8 percent of the votes and Prabowo got 47.20 percent of votes with 81.30 percent of the total calculated, according to Berita Satu television.

 

 

 Supporters of presidential candidate Joko Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla attend a rally to celebrate the victory in the presidential election after quick count in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2014. Both presidential hopefuls running in Indonesia's election claimed victories on Wednesday following publications of differing quick count results.