12 April, 2009

EC: Democrats leading Indonesian election


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia listens as United States President George W. Bush makes remarks to the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy at the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2008.   (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia listens as United States President George W. Bush makes remarks to the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy at the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)
JAKARTA, April 10 (UPI) -- Indonesia's General Election Commission said Friday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party is ahead in the parliamentary election. Based on partial election results, the commission said the Democratic Party has more than 20 percent of the popular vote but may not reach the 25 percent of final votes needed to nominate a presidential candidate, CNN said.
If Yudhoyono's party fails to earn the needed voting percentage, or earn 20 percent of parliamentary seats, he will have to form a coalition with another political party in order to nominate a presidential hopeful in July's election.
The Jakarta Post said, based on Indonesian Survey Institute figures, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is in second place in the parliamentary election with 14.33 percent of tabulated votes. The Party of the Functional Groups is in third with 13.95 percent, the institute said.
Final election results aren't expected for more than a week.
The BBC said more than 170 million people participated in Thursday's election, which remained peaceful outside of a separatist movement in Indonesia's Papua province that claimed at least six lives.

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