Jokowi Leads Official Indonesia Vote Count in Blow to Rival

Incumbent gets 56.2 percent of votes with half votes tallied
Official result from paper ballot count due by May 22

Joko Widodo at a campaign rally in Jakarta on April 13.Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

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By Arys Aditya

April 29, 2019 at 2:22 AM UTC

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April 29, 2019 at 8:21 AM UTC

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo led his challenger by about 12 percentage points midway through an official tally of votes cast in the April 17 election, weakening his rival’s claim of victory.