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The official result of Jakarta Election is finally in, ending the year-long political debacle surrounding the race to be the capital city's number one.
The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) announced this afternoon at their headquarter in Central Jakarta that Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno are the winner of the second leg of the election.
The official result shows that Anies-Sandi won by 57.96 percent of the votes, or 3,240,987 votes. Meanwhile, incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful only git 42.04 percent or 2,350,366 votes.
Anies-Sandis win was announced by commissioner Betty Epsilon Idroos.
We officially decided that in the second leg of Jakarta Election 2017, the governor and deputy-elect are the one receiving the most votes, Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Salahudin Uno with Gerindra and PKS (Prosperous Justice Party) as their supporting parties. This decision is valid since the date it was signed, she said this afternoon.
The Jakarta Elections Commission will then send the decision letter to the Jakarta Parliament, Home Affairs Minister and President Joko Widodo. Authorities from KPU Jakarta have also said before that none of the competing candidates would file any election-related dispute to the Constitutional Court, thus their decision will be in effect as soon as it is signed and announced.
Anies and Sandi will be inaugurated in October.
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