The polls have closed and the count is presumably underway. According to the official General Elections Commission (KPU) website, everybody is still on zero votes, but these things take time.
There is a chance that abstentions, known here in Indonesia as "Golput", may be the overall winner. Polling stations Pemiloopy saw today had piles of unused ballot papers, and there were many people walking around Jakarta without the indelible ink on their pinkies, which is used to stop people voting twice. The fact that this is a long weekend probably further reduced participation: train tickets are sold out and it was almost impossible to get flights to Bali. And many people may have decided either to stay in bed recovering from watching the football last night. It remains to be seen whether voter confusion and apathy mean a record low turnout.
Anyway, four polling organizations have released the results of their "quick count surveys. The average of the four polls:
- Democratic Party: 24.66%
- Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDIP): 14.96%
- Golkar: 14.04%
- Prosperous Justice Party (PKS): 7.64%
- National Mandate Party (PAN): 5.77%
- National Awakening Party (PKB): 5.37%
- United Development Party (PPP): 5.22%
- Gerindra: 4.4%
- Hanura: 3.56%
- Everybody else - less than the 2.5% threshold
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don't forget those who has inedible ink on their pinky but actually made an art project of their ballots - adding as many ticks or lines as possible to compliment the cornucopia of party logos - just to ensure that their otherwise idle ballots are not used in an untrustworthy manner by certain parties. so yes, I'm rooting for golput.
...and let's not forget the less arty people who wrote rude comments on their ballot papers. Or the truly mischievous voters who drew (banned) Indonesian Communist Party symbols. Anyway, it's looking like you may have more golput friends than anybody thought...
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