Q&A Beattie / Jones / Indonesia Election

And ,,, In Indonesia, Voting In The Country's Legislative Elections Has Ended. The Results Will Set The Stage For The World's Third-Largest Democracy's Presidential Ballot In July. Likely To Be Won By Popular Opposition Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, Also Known As Jokowi. The One-Day Vote Was Open To Nearly 187-Million Eligible Voters, About One-Third Of Them Under The Age Of 30. Who Chose From Some 200,000 Candidates For Nearly 20,000 National, Provincial And Local Seats. Sidney Jones, Head Of The Jakarta-Based Institute For Policy Analysis Of Conflict, Tells VOA's Victor Beattie The Election, Involving Voters In More Than 17,000 Islands In Three Time Zones, Was A Massive Undertaking In The World's Largest Muslim Country.