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Jakarta governor Widodo wins Indonesian election

The final tally in Indonesia’s presidential election shows that Jakarta governor Joko Widodo has won with 53 per cent of the vote.

Shortly before the results of the July 9 election were released Tuesday evening by the Election Commission, Widodo’s opponent, former general Prabowo Subianto, declared he was withdrawing from the contest, saying the election process was unfair and undemocratic.

Figures released by the commission gave Widodo, a former furniture maker known widely as “Jokowi,” 70,997,859 votes, or 53.15 per cent of the nearly 133 million valid ballots cast.

Subianto won 62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 per cent, the figures showed.

Voter turnout was 70.7 per cent.