Prabowo Subianto elected new president of Indonesia

Indonesia’s General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday officially declared Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Indonesia’s General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday officially declared Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto becomes winner of the 2024 presidential election. Photo courtesy of channelnewsasia.com.

According to the official counts released by the KPU, the Prabowo-Gibran pair received 96,304,691 votes, beating the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar who won 40,971,726 votes, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD who obtained 27,041,508 votes.

The inauguration of the newly elected president and vice president is scheduled for October 20 this year.

The losing pairs are entitled to challenge the election results with the Constitutional Court within three days of the official announcement of the vote tally.

Indonesia held its 2024 general elections on February 14, choosing a president and vice president, as well as members of national and regional parliaments.