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HISTORICAL FACTS: Prabowo leads indonesia race by wide margin with half votes counted - The Untold Story

Indonesia's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is leading the polls (Credit: AFP)

Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto was on course to win the archipelago's presidential election by a wide margin, election commission results showed Friday, with 50 percent of votes counted.

The official result is not expected until late March but early indications all point to the 72-year-old ex-general being anointed successor to popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo.

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