As results pour in from the biggest election day in world history, Prabowo Subianto, a former army general with a controversial past, looks set to be declared the new President of Indonesia.
Prabowo, of the Gerindra party, has already claimed victory based on early results from a sample of ballots which indicate that the 72-year-old has secured a landslide victory, with nearly 60 per cent of the votes in a three-way contest.
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