Prabowo Subianto claims Indonesian presidential election victory as counting continues

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

Added 3 months ago by Media5

6 Views

A former military general once banned from Australia over his human rights record has declared victory in Indonesia's presidential election, with a preliminary tally showing a landslide win.

Up to 205 million Indonesians were expected to have taken part in Wednesday's poll, the world's largest, single-day election.

More than 95 per cent of the vote has been counted in an unofficial "quick count" tally, showing 72-year-old Prabowo Subianto is set to become Indonesia's oldest leader since the autocratic president Suharto, who was 77 years old when he left office in 1998.

Mr Subianto received 58 per cent of the vote, exceeding expectations in polls.

He'll be joined by outgoing President Joko Widodo's son, Gibran Rakanuming Raka, who ran alongside Prabowo for vice-president.

Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/indonesia-election-key-takeaways/103456122

ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation.

For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY
Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1

Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2
Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au
Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au
Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews

Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.

#ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia