Presidential election in Indonesia 2019

The candidates: Jokowi and Ma'ruf Amin above, Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno below.

The 2019 presidential election in Indonesia took place on April 17, 2019, along with the parliamentary elections and numerous regional and local elections. It was won by the ruling President Joko Widodo , against whom Prabowo Subianto had competed.

background

After the fall of the dictator Suharto , Indonesia turned into a presidential republic . Since the president was appointed by the military until 2004, this is only the fourth presidential election in Indonesia since independence in 1945. Eligible to vote are people aged 17 and over who have electronic proof of identity. In some remote parts of the country, such as the restless province of Papua , many eligible voters do not have such an ID. The opposition criticized irregularities, about 17 million voters are registered with the same dates of birth, for some the registered date of birth is in the 1st century. Almost 193 million people are registered as eligible to vote.

The island nation's economy is growing, especially tourism and the export of palm oil , coal , metals and natural gas . However, prosperity is unevenly distributed, around a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line , a particularly large number of them in agriculture.

Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world, 87 percent of its citizens are Muslims . Although church and state are officially separated, religion was an important issue in the election campaign.

Candidates

The same two candidates ran again as for the 2014 presidential election :

• Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, is the incumbent President of Indonesia. In 2014 he started a program for plurality and against social injustice. Many see him failing to implement his election promises at the time. He is also accused of having done too little for human rights in the country. Numerous infrastructure projects such as the new subway in the capital Jakarta are cited as successes of his tenure . He elected the conservative cleric Ma'ruf Amin as a vice presidential candidate.
• Prabowo Subianto, is a retired general and Suharto's son-in-law. He advocates a conservative, Islamic law-and-order policy . His vice-presidential candidate is the wealthy investment banker Sandiaga Uno. Prabowo accused President Widodo of adopting overly secular attitudes and disregarding Muslim principles. If he was elected, he specifically promised the support of the farmers.

Result

Majorities in the provinces: Jokowi-Amin Prabowo-Sandi



Majorities in the administrative districts and cities: Jokowi-Amin Prabowo-Sandi



Post-election surveys indicated an election victory for incumbent Jokowi, opinion research institutes saw him with around 55 percent of the vote. Widodo declared himself the winner the day after the election, but this was not recognized by opponent Prabowo, just like in the previous election.

The final result was announced on May 21, 2019. Accordingly, Joko Widodo won with 55.5 percent of the vote. In total, more than 154 million people took part in the election.

Voices by region						Total votes
		Joko Widodo Ma'ruf Amin Koalisi Indonesia Kerja		Prabowo Subianto Sandiaga Uno Koalisi Indonesia Adil Makmur
Island (group)	province	be right	%	be right	%
Sumatra	Aceh	404.188	14.41	2,400,746	85.59	2,804,934
	Sumatra Utara	3,936,515	52.32	3,587,786	47.68	7,524,301
	Sumatra Barat	407.761	14.08	2,488,733	85.92	2,896,494
	Riau	1,248,713	38.73	1,975,287	61.27	3,224,000
	Jambi	859.833	41.68	1,203,025	58.32	2,062,858
	Sumatra Selatan	1,942,987	40.30	2,877,781	59.70	4,820,768
	Bengkulu	583,488	49.89	585,999	50.11	1,169,487
	Lampung	2,853,585	59.34	1,955,689	40.66	4,809,274
	Bangka Belitung	495.729	63.23	288.235	36.77	783.964
	Kepulauan Riau	550.692	54.19	465.511	45.81	1.016.203
Java	Banten	2,537,524	38.46	4,059,514	61.54	6,597,038
	Jakarta	3,279,547	51.68	3,066,137	48.32	6,345,684
	Jawa Barat	10,750,568	40.07	16,077,446	59.93	26,828,014
	Jawa Tengah	16,825,511	77.29	4,944,447	22.71	21,769,958
	Yogyakarta	1,655,174	69.03	742.481	30.97	2,397,655
	Java Timur	16,231,668	65.79	8,441,247	34.21	24,672,915
Lesser Sunda Islands (Sunda Kecil)	Bali	2,351,057	91.68	213,415	8.32	2,564,472
	Nusa Tenggara Barat	951.242	32.11	2,011,319	67.89	2,962,561
	Nusa Tenggara Timur	2,368,982	88.57	305,587	11.43	2,674,569
Kalimantan	Kalimantan Barat	1,709,896	57.50	1,263,757	42.50	2,973,653
	Kalimantan Tengah	830.948	60.74	537.138	39.26	1,368,086
	Kalimantan Selatan	823.939	35.92	1,470,163	64.08	2,294,102
	Kalimantan Timur	1,094,845	55.71	870.443	44.29	1,965,288
	Kalimantan Utara	248.239	70.04	106.162	29.96	354.401
Sulawesi	Sulawesi Utara	1,220,524	77.24	359,685	22.76	1,580,209
	Gorontalo	369,803	51.73	345.129	48.27	714.932
	Sulawesi Tengah	914,588	56.41	706.654	43.59	1,621,242
	Sulawesi Tenggara	555,664	39.75	842.117	60.25	1,397,781
	Sulawesi Barat	475,312	64.32	263,620	35.68	738.932
	Sulawesi Selatan	2,117,591	42.98	2,809,393	57.02	4,926,984
Moluccas	Maluku	599.457	60.40	392.940	39.60	992.397
	Maluku Utara	310,548	47.39	344,823	52.61	655.371
Western New Guinea (Papua)	Papua	3,021,713	90.66	311,352	9.34	3,333,065
	Papua Barat	508.997	79.81	128,732	20.19	637.729
Indonesians abroad		570,534	73.31	207,746	26.69	778.280
Source: Parliamentary Election Commission ( Komisi Pemilihan Umum )

Web links

Commons : Indonesia Elections 2019  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

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