Indonesia Presidential Election Results
July 9, 2009 by Medan Indonesia
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Indonesia Presidential Election Results 2009
As Indonesians elects their President on 08 July 2009, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono commonly known as SBY enjoyed victory as initial quick count results shows as Telegraph.co.uk reports:
The official tally will not be available for days or even weeks, but the initial results echoed a raft of exit polls that gave the 59-year-old former general 60 percent of the vote.
That would put SBY – as Mr Yudhoyono is popularly known – well over the 50 per cent threshold needed to avoid a second-round runoff against his nearest rival in September.
Analysts believe such an emphatic win for the man who became the country’s first democratically elected president five years ago will cement his position and quicken the pace of reform.
The election commission’s preliminary result, based on 18.7 million votes counted, gave Mr Yudhoyono 62 per cent. Challenger Megawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of Indonesia’s first post-colonial leader Sukarno, got 28 per cent and outgoing vice president Jusuf Kalla, was a distant third with just 10 per cent.
Within hours of the polls closing yesterday Mr Yudhoyono’s challengers made accusations of electoral irregularities, questioned the exit polls and threatened a legal action once the final result is revealed.
Prabowo Subianto, an ex-special forces general accused of human rights abuses and former president Megawati’s running mate, said the campaign team was preparing a legal action over “fraud” in the poll.
Mr Yudhoyono displayed the characteristic caution that caused many to label him “indecisive” during his first term in office by failing to make outright claims of victory.
“The ‘official’ vote count is clearly not finished, although quick counts show the success of our struggle,” said Mr Yudhoyono in the face of mounting exit poll evidence of his emphatic victory.
Mr Yudhoyono – who rose under the dictator Suharto who was forced out eleven years ago after more than three decades in power – is seen as a liberal who has provided much-needed stability.
Despite the challenges of dismal infrastructure and 30 million Indonesians living below the poverty line, Mr Yudhoyono is credited with bringing economic prosperity with the economy set to grow four percent even in the face of the global downturn.
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Quick Count votes counted:
SBY Boediono 81.36%;
Megawati Prabowo 13.16%;
JK Wiranto 5.40%
god bless Indonesia.
Final Results of the Indonesia Presidential Election:
SBY-Boediono received 73.874.562 votes = 60,80%.
Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto received 32.548.105 votes = 26,79%
Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto received 15.081.814 votes = 12,41%.
According to KPU Abdul Hafiz Anshary, SBY-Boediono has received more than 50 persen of the votes hence has achieved the first condition for 1 round of election.
The second condition for a 1 round election is that the pair has to achieved 20% or more votes in more than 50% of the province which they also have met.
SBY-Boediono pair has received more than 20% of votes in 17 province of Indonesia
KPU recorded the number of voters for 8 Juli 2009 to be 127.999.965 peopple which is 72,24 % of total rights of votes or 177.195.786,
49.212.158 people or 27,77% did not vote.
At the same time out of the total votes, 121.504.481 votes are valid and the rest of 6.479.174 votes were not valid votes.
KPU will announce the winner of the Presidential Election 2009 officially on Saturday, 25 Juli 2009 at 10.00 WIB from Gedung KPU.