Indonesia elections

The ruling is likely to allow a wider range of candidates to run for the presidency at the next election in 2029.

Provisional results show Prabowo Subianto's Onward Indonesia Coalition dominating in key provinces, but the opposition is set to win in the capital Jakarta.

Residents of Indonesia's capital are gearing up to select a new governor after a campaign that could herald broader realignments in the country's politics.

The country's election law will be brought into line with two Constitutional Court rulings that pro-government lawmakers attempted to overturn last week.

According to the official results released yesterday, the former general won around 58 percent of the vote on February 14.

Making sense of a 2023 Pew survey that showed majority support for representative democracy, autocracy, and rule by the military.

A senior party official says that the election, which was won decisively by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, was tainted by “abuse of power."

Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo have both expressed concerns that last week's election was tainted by fraud and abuses of power.

Cast into opposition for the first time in two decades, the PDI-P has a critical role to play as a check on the incoming administration's power.

The election of Prabowo Subianto bears a striking resemblance to the comeback victory of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in 2022.

The ex-general's ascent to the presidency of Southeast Asia's most populous nation crowns a long and controversial career.

With unofficial results pointing to a landslide victory, attention turns to how the former special forces commander plans to govern.

The country's economy has grown by an average of 4.2 percent each year that Jokowi has been in office – and voters want more of the same.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of supporters attended rallies in Jakarta and Central Java to mark the end of the official campaign period.

The most important things to watch ahead of the world's largest single-day poll on February 14.

Around 205 million Indonesians are eligible to vote on February 14, more than half of them under the age of 43.

The country's second-most populous province is also a stronghold of the country's largest and most influential Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.

Support for former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is building, setting up a potentially interesting run-off election in June.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the running-mate of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, was accused of breaching a minor Jakarta gubernatorial regulation.

Indonesia's recent presidential and vice-presidential debates have obscured as much about the candidates as they have revealed.

The former Suharto-era general is the leading candidate to become Indonesia's next president. Is the country on the brink of New Order 2.0?

Since appointing President Joko Widodo's son as his running-mate in October, the former general's popularity has surged.

The gruff former general has undergone a political makeover. But are the changes any more than skin deep?

The October 16 ruling opened up a path for President Joko Widodo's eldest son to take part in the presidential election in February.