Prabowo on track to becoming Indonesia’s next president, with two-thirds of sample votes counted

Officials performing quick count at a polling station in central Jakarta on Feb 14. - ST

JAKARTA: Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka are on course to electoral victory, with a decisive lead over their rivals based on 60 per cent of sample votes counted on Feb 14.

Based on past elections, this would be a reliable indicator of the eventual outcome.