Jakarta governor Widodo wins Indonesian election

Police rest near the KPU (Indonesian General Election Commission) as the final day of counting continues in the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The results of the Indonesian presidential race between candidates Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto should be known later in the day. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) Police rest near the KPU (Indonesian General Election Commission) as the final day of counting continues in the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The results of the Indonesian presidential race between candidates Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto should be known later in the day. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

By Associated Press July 22, 2014 1 min read

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The final tally in Indonesia’s presidential election shows that Jakarta governor Joko Widodo has won with 53 percent of the vote.

Shortly before the results of the July 9 election were released Tuesday evening by the Election Commission, Widodo’s opponent, former general Prabowo Subianto, declared he was withdrawing from the contest, saying the election process was unfair and undemocratic.

Figures released by the commission gave Widodo, a former furniture maker known widely as “Jokowi,” 70,997,859 votes, or 53.15 percent of the nearly 133 million valid ballots cast.

Subianto won 62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 percent, the figures showed.

Voter turnout was 70.7 percent.