Indonesia will hold the world’s largest election process to be completed in one day to elect a president and vice president, along with nearly 20,000 representatives to national, provincial, and district parliaments from a pool of a quarter-million candidates.
The names of the three candidates for the presidential post are Prabowo Sobyanto, Anis Basvidan, and Gengar Pranov.
- A total of 204.8 million Indonesians are eligible to vote for the February 14 election.
- The total number of political parties participating in these elections is 18.
- The number of registered candidates participating in the elections is more than 258 thousand.
- Must be 17 years old to vote in Indonesia.
- The duration of polling in elections is six hours.
- 1.7 million Indonesians are eligible to vote from abroad.
- The number of registered voters on the Indonesian island of Java is over 115 million.
- The average number of viewers during the four televised presidential debates for this election was 94 million.
- The number of seats in the lower house of the Indonesian Parliament is 580.
- 56 candidates who are accused of corruption are also participating in the February 14 elections.
