Huge rallies in Indonesia as candidates finish election campaign

Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia's former president and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), speaks during the final day of the election campaign of presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo and vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD in Surakarta, Central Java, on Saturday, February 10, 2024. - AFP

JAKARTA (Reuters): Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Indonesia's presidential contenders packed final rallies in the capital Jakarta and the Central Java city of Solo on Saturday, ahead of the world's biggest single-day election.

Candidates enter a cooling-off period on Sunday, running through election day on Wednesday, when voters will choose among three contestants running to succeed the hugely popular President Joko Widodo, who has led Indonesia for a decade and cannot run again.