SINGAPORE: A former national tennis player, a former shoeshine boy who is now chairman of the Ferrari Owners’ Club of Indonesia and a bevy of artists are among the candidates who have won enough votes to be new MPs in Indonesia’s 560-seat Parliament.
The ongoing tally of results of the April 9 general election has also seen voters reject approximately half the incumbents who stood for re-election, including prominent MPs, in favour of fresh faces.
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