KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has congratulated incumbent Indonesian President Joko Widodo (also known as Jokowi) on winning the 2019 Indonesian presidential election.
“I extend my congratulations to Bapak @jokowi on his official win as the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
“I hope the cooperation between (our) two countries will grow stronger after this,” said Dr Mahathir in a post on his official Twitter account, today.
Indonesia’s General Elections Commission announced the poll results at 1.46am (West Indonesian time) today, one day earlier than scheduled, after the counting process at 813,350 polling centres was completed at 11.30pm on Monday.
Polling was held on April 17.
Jokowi, 57, and his running mate for vice-president, Ma'ruf Amin, 76, obtained 85,607,362 votes; while his challenger, Prabowo Subianto, 67, and his partner for vice-president, Sandiaga Uno, 49, received 68,650,239 votes.--Berna,a