Indonesia's Prabowo stretches lead in new survey on presidential contenders


  • World
  • Monday, 13 Nov 2023

Indonesia's defence minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto greeting supporters after registering himself for next year's presidential election, at the election commission headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct 25, 2023. — Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has opened up a wide lead over his closest rival in a new opinion poll, despite controversy over his decision to pick the outgoing leader Joko Widodo's son as his running mate.

An Oct. 27- Nov 1 survey of 1,220 people released on Sunday by Indikator Politik Indonesia showed 39.7% of respondents would vote for third-time presidential contender Prabowo while 30% would back the ruling party's Ganjar Pranowo.

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