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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was announced the winner of the presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy Wednesday over two former governors who vow to contest the result in court over alleged irregularities. Subianto, who was accused of abuses under the past dictatorship and chose the son of the popular departing president as his running mate, won 58.6% of the votes. Former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan received 24.
The court’s chief justice, who is Widodo’s brother-in-law, was then removed by an ethics panel for failing to recuse himself and for making last-minute changes to election candidacy requirements. The new president will be inaugurated on Oct. 20 and will have to appoint a Cabinet within two weeks. Subianto had claimed victory on election day last month after unofficial tallies showed he was winning nearly 60% of the votes. Voter turnout was about 80%, the election commission said.
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