Megawati's PDI-P leading preliminary results of election in Indonesia

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Megawati's PDI-P leading preliminary results of election in Indonesia

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The Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri-led Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is leading by a very narrow margin in the preliminary results of the legislative election held on Monday.

According to preliminary vote tally from the General Election Committee (KPU) up to 23:40 (local time in Jakarta), the PDI-P grabbed 23,503 votes, which is followed by the National Awakening Party (PKB) with 20,768 votes and the Democratic Party with 17,168votes as well as the Golkar with 17,018 votes.

The PKB is a moderate Muslim party founded by former president Abdurrahman Wahid. In 1999 election, the PKB won 12.6 percent of votes, ranking the fourth largest party in the parliament.

The Democratic Party was founded in 2002 by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former coordinating minister for political affairs and security in the Megawadi government.

The Golkar, the second largest party in 1999 election after winning 22.4 percent of votes, helped the 32-year military rule before Soeharto was ousted in May 1998.

However, the ranking could be easily changed since so far only a small number of votes have been counted.

Source: Xinhua

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