Widodo urged supporters to wait for official results as they broke out in cheers, chanting his nickname, Jokowi, and heralding his reelection. But Prabowo, reprising a similar move following his presidential election defeat in 2014, refused to concede and claimed victory instead. For Widodo, victory would represent an endorsement of his moderate, steady brand of leadership, which has focused on infrastructure development and welfare programs for the poor. In Kuta, on the island of Bali, local media reported that some polling stations had run out of ballots. On Tuesday, Indonesia’s election supervisory body also found thousands of pre-marked ballots in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, in favor of Widodo.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 05:35 UTC