KPU Announces Jokowi-Ma'ruf Win by 55.5%

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The General Election Commission or KPU has announced the result for presidential elections, legislative elections and regional representative councils. The KPU stated that the final tally shows Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin won with 55.50 percent votes

"The KPU has completed the recap of votes that came in nation-wide, witnessed by representatives of both candidates and supervised by the Bawaslu," KPU commissioner Evi Novida Ginting said in Jakarta Tuesday, May 21.

Jokowi-Ma'ruf got received over 85.6 million votes or 55.50 percent, while Prabowo Subianto and his running mate got over 68.6 million votes or 44.50 percent. The total number of valid votes was 154,257,601 million.

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Last night, KPU chairman Arief Budiman said that by this morning the KPU would determine and announce the tally for the presidential election, legislative elections and regional representative councils.

Arief said that following the KPU announcement, they would provide time and opportunity for disagreeing parties to submit an election dispute to the Constitutional Court (MK). According to existing rules, Arief said, the KPU will provide a three-day time window for the submission. 

If no dispute is filed, by May 27 the KPU will officially make a declaration. When asked if the announcement was made to avoid the planned demonstration scheduled to take place tomorrow, May 22, Arief said no.

DIAS PRASONGKO