Quick Count

Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto

He claimed victory over the 2019 presidential election

It is a repeat of a similar declaration he made in the 2014 presidential race – which he lost.
The former Army general

He claimed a “real count” from more than 320,000 polling stations

had placed him in the lead with 62 percent of votes.

he had consulted statistics experts

They said the figure would "not differ much" from the final count.
"We will avoid taking any unconstitutional actions

because we have already won.
"I am and will always be the president of the Indonesian people [...]

For those who have supported [Jokowi], I will also embrace you all."

Most pollsters currently have incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo leading the presidential race with about 54 percent of the vote and Prabowo at 45 percent.
Prabowo previously rejected early results showing Jokowi ahead of him,

claiming that the surveys were “partisan”.


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In a subtle rebuke to his rival’s repeated victory declaration, [teguran]

More than 13 state leaders had congratulated “all Indonesians,
as well as Jokowi and Ma’ruf” for the success of the general election on April 17.
He was referring to his running mate Ma’ruf Amin.
“From noon to late afternoon I have received calls from …

 Ten other [state leaders] have conveyed their congratulations for the big democracy celebration in our country, including the legislative election.

At no point in his speech or answers to journalists did Jokowi declare victory,

but he confirmed that the congratulations were for him and Ma’ruf

and that they were all “special”.
Earlier, his rival Prabowo Subianto declared victory twice and made a third declaration on Thursday,

almost at the same time as Jokowi’s declaration.

 “Second, we are going to continue waiting, waiting for the official count from the General Elections Commission [KPU],


which we hope can be completed as soon as possible.

But the available quick counts have given us a clear result.

I cannot declare the numbers yesterday because [the samples] were still under 70 percent.

But today, because it is already almost 100 percent,

we can declare that quick counts from 12 survey institutions have shown that
 Jokowi-Ma’ruf got 54.5 percent [of the vote] while Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno got 45.5 percent,” Jokowi went on.
Jokowi said quick counts were a scientific method to count an election result,

but he reiterated that everyone should wait for the KPU’s official real count. [ menegaskan kembali ]

The real count could take about three weeks.