Indonesia holds epic elections
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The world’s largest single-day elections will see 192 million voters electing the president, members of parliament and almost 20,000 other positions in regional councils across 18,000 islands
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Incumbent Joko Widodo (left), former furniture salesman who ran on pro-poor platform in 2014, is standing for re-election against Prabowo Subianto, former military general he defeated in 2014

Member of PDI-P*

Member of Gerindra
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LEGISLATIVE ELECTION

More than 245,000 candidates will contest over 20,000 legislative seats at five levels of government. In just six hours, votes will be cast at 809,500 polling stations scattered across 1.9 million sq km of world’s third largest democracy

575 seats
House of Representatives
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THAILAND
MALAYSIA
Sumatra
Sulawesi 
Kalimantan
Jakarta
INDONESIA
INDIAN OCEAN
PHILIPPINES
PACIFIC OCEAN
EAST TIMOR
Papua
Moluccas
Java
AUSTRALIA
500km 310 miles

Provinces: 34 
Population: 264m (2017)

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Millennial vote considered key to victory – around 40% of eligible voters,
some 80 million people, are aged 17 to 35
*PDI-P: Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle; Gerindra: Great Indonesia Movement Party

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Sources: University of Melbourne, Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU), World Bank

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