Polls close in presidential and legislative elections in a country that has more than 190 million registered to vote.
Voting has ended in Indonesia’s presidential and legislative elections, with tens of millions of people casting votes without any widespread hitches.
Preliminary results based on so-called “quick counts”- votes publicly tallied at polling stations are expected to start rolling in within two hours.
The presidential race pits incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate, Indonesian Ulama Council Chairman Ma’ruf Amin, against retired general and longtime rival Prabowo Subianto and multi-millionaire businessman Sandiaga Uno.
People in two districts of Jayapura, the capital of volatile Papua province in Indonesia’s east, were unable to vote after ballots and ballot boxes were not delivered.
Yosina, a resident in Abepura district, said: “We are very disappointed, we have waited for nothing since this morning. We want to cast our vote but ballot box was not there.”
Police officers pushed her away from the polling station after she shouted, “This is a big question mark for us, don’t fool us, we are smart, don’t play with us.”
Theodorus Kosay, chairman of the province’s election commission, said the problems arose because of the delays in replacing damaged ballots and lack of volunteers. The election in the two affected districts was postponed until Thursday.
