in the presidential elections in Indonesia took incumbent Widodo 55.5 percent of the vote. With more than 190 million voters in the country is the third largest democracy in the world.

Five weeks after the presidential election in Indonesia, the incumbent, Joko Widodo has been officially declared the winner. According to the results published by the election Commission 55.5 percent of the votes accounted for the 57-year-old Widodo. His Challenger, Prabowo Subianto, came, therefore, to 44.4 percent. The result was announced out of fear of protests and unrest without prior notice. Had to make a choice on the 17. April place.

The since 2014, President Widodo had in the fight for a second term in office is always on its many infrastructure projects referred to. Because of its human rights policy, he is subject to criticism. Indonesia consists of around 17,000 Islands and has more than 190 million voters, is the third largest democracy in the world.

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