Indonesia politics

The unofficial quick count results have the former general on track to avoid a run-off in the three-way race for president.

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.

Maritime affairs have not been a major campaign issue, but the three candidates' policies could have far-reaching implications on Indonesian security.

Leading members of Nahdlatul Ulama have become actively involved in the campaigning for next month's election, straining the group's traditional impartiality.

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

The region's problem is not that there is too much political contestation, but rather that there is not enough.

There are signs that the region's ongoing anti-refugee backlash is being whipped up by domestic actors' quest for political gain.

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