Indonesia's Prabowo expands lead over Ganjar in presidential poll

Indonesian Defence Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (left) meets members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) who took part in the search operation for victims of the Mount Marapi eruption which killed 23 people in Batu Palano, West Sumatra on December 9, 2023. - AFP

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesian presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto expanded his lead over the ruling party's candidate, Ganjar Pranowo, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.

Prabowo's support was 45.8%, in the Indikator Politik Indonesia poll, up 6.1 percentage points from a month earlier, while Ganjar's support fell 4.4 points to 25.6% in the Nov. 23-Dec. 1 survey.