presidentjoko widodo looks likely to wina presidentjoko widodo looks likely to win a second term in officeesults are not expected until may counts of yesterday's ballot reveal a decisive victory for mr widodo over his rival, prabowo subianto. but even before the victory can be officially declared the challenges that lie ahead have become very clear. one keyissue ahead have become very clear. one key issue will be its sprawling economy. karishma vaswani reports from jakarta. this has not been an unexpected victory for indonesia's president, joko widodo. the unofficial results have shown a significantly for him. and even though there is still a challenge ahead with the opposition campus saying they have also one that this presidency, mr widodo is getting back to work today and is expected to be in the office to carry out this mandate. the election he has run has very much been focused on the economy. remember, back in 2014, when he was first elected, he promised he would see an economy that would grow by 7%. that didn't happen. instead, what we have seen over the last few years is economic g

a decisive victory for indonesian presidentjoko widodo, according to unofficial quick count results. ation: from these initial exit polls we've seen that we have one, but we must be patient and wait for the official results. supporters of joko widodo have gathered here to try to catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president, for the second time. the celebrations are just beginning, but already he's facing challenges ahead. his rival and former general, prabowo subianto, says exit polls conducted by his camp shows that he is the president. translation: our exit polls show that we have one with 55.4% of the vote. mr prabowo subianto may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results. but as simple as it looks, indonesia's quick count system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout was 80%, thought to be the highest ever in indonesia's democratic era. behind these numbers, though, issues that matter to indonesians. translation: the

a decisive victory for indonesian presidentjoko widodo, according to unofficial quick count results. ls we've seen that we have won, but we must be patient and wait for the official results. supporters ofjoko widodo have gathered here to try to and catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president for the second time. the celebrations are just beginning, but already he's facing challenges ahead. his rival and former general, prabowo subianto, says exit polls conducted by his camp show that he is the president. translation: our exit polls show that we have won with 55.4% of the vote. mr prabowo may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results. but as simple as it looks, indonesia's quick count system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout was 80%, thought to be the highest ever in indonesia's democratic era. behind these numbers, though, issues that matter to indonesians. translation: the economy and jobs are the most important is

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if senate in the choice of the running made for presidentjoko widodo, the incumbent, his got the 76—year—oldher side you've got prabowo subianto and some businessmen running after having courted their critics saying many a summer courted their critics saying many a summer script, you can often see those groups represented with their flags at the rallies that have been held in jakarta flags at the rallies that have been held injakarta and other parts of the country. that's just one of the choices that these residents and press —— people across the archipelago will have to make, voting kicked off about an hour or so voting kicked off about an hour or so ago and on the ballots, on the choice, amongst the choices indonesians are making today, besides the presidential and vice president shall candidates, thousands of seats across the local and national legislative parliaments, it's a really complicated election and the try to do it all in one day. i gather they will be preliminary results within hours of the final result is not until next month. that's right, one of the big concerns in the lead u