Widodo Wins Indonesian Vote as Prabowo Withholds Concession
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Joko Widodo, the governor of Indonesia’s capital city who ran for president on a platform of concern for common people, won this month’s election by more than 6 percentage points.
The ticket of Widodo and Jusuf Kalla won with a total of 71 million valid votes nationwide, Husni Kamil Manik, head of Indonesia’s General Elections Commission, or KPU, said in Jakarta today. That gives Widodo, 53, a mandate to govern from October until 2019, he said.