China News Service, Jakarta, March 20 (Reporter Li Zhiquan) On the evening of the 20th local time, the Indonesian Election Commission announced the vote counting results of the 2024 presidential election. The 72-year-old current Defense Minister Prabowo won the election.

　　The final vote count showed that Prabowo, the No. 2 presidential candidate, and his running mate, Jokowi’s eldest son and current Solo mayor, Gibran, received more than 96.2 million votes, accounting for approximately 164 million of the total votes. 58.6%.

According to statistics from the Indonesian Election Commission, the pair won in 36 provinces and led overseas voting, meeting the conditions for victory in one round.

　　The two opponents, the No. 1 presidential candidate, former governor of the Jakarta Capital Territory, Anis and his partner Muhaimin, received more than 40.9 million votes, with a vote rate of about 24.9%; the No. 3 presidential candidate, the former governor of Central Java Province, Ganja He and his partner Mahfoud received more than 27 million votes, with a vote rate of about 16.5%.

　　A China News Service reporter saw outside the Election Commission headquarters on the afternoon of the 20th that a large number of supporters and opponents gathered on both sides of the street and shouted slogans.

Police implemented traffic controls and called on demonstrators to abide by the rules when expressing their opinions.

According to Indonesian media reports, to ensure safety, the police deployed 4,376 security personnel in multiple locations that day.

　　According to Indonesian election law, presidential candidates dissatisfied with the results announced by the election commission can file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court within three days after the official results are announced.

　　The Indonesian general election voting was held on the 14th of last month.

Prabowo will officially take over from Joko Widodo, who has been in power for ten years, on October 20 this year, becoming the new president of the largest country in Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous country in the world.

　　Prabowo is a soldier and comes from a wealthy political family.

His grandfather was the founder of Bank Negara Indonesia, and his father was a member of the cabinet during the former Indonesian presidents Sukarno and Suharto. He himself was Suharto's second son-in-law and served as a senior military official under his regime.

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