DURING THE evening of April 17th, only a few hours after polling stations had closed, Prabowo Subianto, one of the two candidates in Indonesia's presidential election, declared himself the winner. His rival, Joko Widodo, the incumbent president, who is usually known as Jokowi, was more cautious: he told his supporters to wait patiently for the final count. But as both men surely knew, despite Mr Pra-bowo's bluster, Jokowi had the election in the bag. Official results will not be announced until May, but early estimates known as "quick counts", based on samples of actual returns, are usually accurate to within a percentage point or so. Most show that Jokowi was the clear winner, with about 55% of the vote. Mr Prabowo's claim that he won 62% is implausible, but he insists he will press his case in the constitutional court.
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