Ex-General Prabowo Declares Victory in Race to Lead Indonesia
- Prabowo has nearly 60% of votes in unofficial quick counts
- Anies and Ganjar tell supporters to wait for official results
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Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory in Wednesday’s presidential vote, citing independent pollsters, putting him on course to lead Southeast Asia’s largest economy after two failed attempts.
The 72-year-old ex-general and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka waved to thousands of supporters in a victory celebration as the pair secured nearly 60% support in quick counts done by private pollsters Litbang Kompas, Indikator Politik Indonesia, Lembaga Survei Indonesia and CSIS Indonesia-Cyrus Network. Gibran is the eldest of the three children of the incumbent Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi.