Indonesians go to the polls in regional elections


More than two million poll workers will be deployed to nearly 300,000 polling stations across the archipelago. - JP

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): More than 100 million Indonesians will cast their ballots for regional leaders across the country on Wednesday (Dec 9), after a three-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Voters will elect nine governors, 224 regents, and 37 mayors - collectively known as regional heads - who run with their deputies as a pair in simultaneous regional elections known as "pilkada" in Bahasa Indonesia.

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