This live page has now closed, but you can follow the results here.
This live page has now closed, but you can follow the results here.
- More than 204 million of Indonesia’s 270 million people are voting for a new president and vice president, as well as thousands of parliamentary and local representatives.
- Polling stations have closed in Indonesia’s most easterly time zones, with voting due to end in less than an hour in central areas and in two hours in the west. Counting begins soon after voting ends with a preliminary result expected by tonight.
- Heavy rain and flooding caused some problems in the morning, particularly in Jakarta and Java, but did not seem to dampen voters’ enthusiasm.
- The three main presidential pairings are controversial former general Prabowo Subianto, who is making his third bid for the top job, this time alongside Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the 36-year-old son of outgoing President Joko Widodo. Also in the race are former Education Minister and Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and former Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.
- Election day is a public holiday to encourage voting. The turnout was 81 percent at the last election in 2019.