INDONESIEN
Indonesien wählt an einem einzigen Tag
April 17, 2019 -
Zu den größten Wahlen an einem einzigen Tag kommen 192 Millionen Wähler, die den Präsidenten, das Parlament und knapp 20.000 weitere
Regionalvertreter für 18.000 Inseln wählen werden.
In the presidential race, incumbent Joko Widodo, a former furniture salesman who ran on pro-poor platform in 2014, is standing for re-election against Prabowo Subianto, a former military general he defeated in 2014.
Regarding the legislative elections, more than 245,000 candidates will contest over 20,000 seats at five levels of government.
In just six hours, votes will be cast at 809,500 polling stations scattered across 1.9 million sq km of the world’s third largest democracy.
The millennial vote considered key to victory as around 40% of eligible voters, some 80 million people, are aged 17 to 35.