To anticipate any potential trouble, The Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police will jointly deploy 450,000 personnel to guard a number of vital facilities, particularly the offices of the election organizers, with both institutions warning that there may be a number of actions by parties that will not accept the election result when it is announced on May 22.

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has rejected an incriminating statement by the Corruption Eradication Commission alleging that he accepted a bribe for a career promotion at his ministry.

The minister was to be questioned as a witness in a case involving graft suspect Muhammad Romahurmuziy, formerly the chairman of the United Development Party (PPP).

President Joko Widodo declared victory after the April 17 election based on unofficial results from private pollsters, but his challenger, former general Prabowo Subianto, has complained of widespread cheating and insists he won.

The aftermath of the 2019 presidential election has been full of questions on the place of religion in Indonesian politics and whether Indonesians have become more polarized along religious lines.

The government wants to form a “national legal team” to monitor and evaluate “words, acts, and thoughts” from public figures that are “obviously in violation of the law.”

Presidential spokesperson Johan Budi confirmed on Tuesday that a Cabinet reshuffle may take place “sometime after the Idul Fitri holiday in June”. Idul Fitri is expected to fall on June 4.

The president and his running mate, top cleric Ma’ruf Amin, need to accommodate the varied interests of 10 parties that make up their coalition while addressing a sizable current account deficit amid global uncertainties.

While it is hard to determine if the April 17 general elections directly caused the deaths, a consensus has been reached that the current election system — in which five different paper-based elections are held on a single day — has to be changed. 

According to quick count results, Prabowo Subianto may win nearly 80 percent of the vote in Aceh.

The Democratic Party and PAN's possible move to jump ship has been welcomed by the ruling camp.

With the electorate already polarized and fake news playing a crucial role in driving voters to the voting booth, music was relegated to mere background noise.

Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team claims it has recorded 13,000 instances of inconsistent counting on the General Elections Commission's (KPU) vote-count information system (Situng).

Edy says he invited regency and municipality leaders for an "important meeting" but not all of them came.

Hundreds of people were denied the right to vote at the Sydney Town Hall on April 13 because the PPLN closed the polling station at 6 p.m. as per KPU regulations. 

Anwar, who expressed his sorrow over the deaths of the election workers and police officers across the country, said he felt guilty because he took part in the judicial review petition, which became the basis of the simultaneous elections.

The Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP) has found human error and technical glitches caused the inaccuracies and the slow progress of entering data into the KPU’s vote count information system.

Local election organizers in Sydney said it was having difficulties coming up with a list of eligible voters who had lined up at the polling station on April 13 but were unable to vote.

The Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) has recorded more than 7,000 violation reports since the campaign season kicked off in September.

Jokowi has said that he entrusted the Corruption Eradication Commision with a graft case surrounding the construction of a power plant in Riau.

Despite his expected victory, Jokowi suffered heavy losses in major provinces.

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto called the accusation baseless.

Mursyid, a 45-year-old from Penpen village in Cirebon regency, West Java, is among those to experience stress post elections after helping his younger brother Khaerudin, 35, campaign for a spot on the local legislative council in last week's elections.

The former Dewa singer was convicted under the same law by the South Jakarta District Court in January for tweeting that supporters of former Jakarta governor Basuki “BTP” Tjahaja Purnama should be "spat on”.

Calls mount for both 2019 presidential candidates to immediately meet.

"We will be back", vows the young Indonesian Solidarity Party, as it looks ahead after being defeated in the recent general election.

Golkar Party politician and former social affairs minister Idrus Marham has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes from a businessman to finance his failed bid to become a party leader. 

The President appointed Luhut Pandjaitan to talk with Prabowo Subianto.

Suspected suicide bombers set off explosions in at least seven churches and hotels in the capital Colombo on Easter Sunday, killing 290 people and wounding nearly 500.

The Jokowi camp has just invited the public to access its "war room".