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Indonesia's election commission on Wednesday formally announced Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto had received the most votes in last month's presidential election.

Wednesday's win is the pinnacle of a triumphant rehabilitation for Prabowo Subianto, and one decades in the making.

The comments came after unofficial vote counts by several independent pollsters showed Prabowo had nearly 60% of votes.

Unofficial figures in Indonesia's presidential election shows Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto on track to secure a majority of votes.

Vote counting is underway as polls close. Opinion surveys showed commanding lead for Prabowo in 3-way race.

Nearly 259,000 candidates are contesting 20,600 posts across the archipelago of 17,000 islands in the world's biggest single-day election.

Joko Widodo will step down this October, but with an 80% approval rating he holds huge sway over Indonesia's 205 million voters.

Indonesian authorities were making final preparations ahead of Wednesday's election, with around 25,000 police set for security.

The student protests also come as Indonesia enters a cooling-off period until voting day on Wednesday.

Datuk Hermono said all election workers are ready to serve Indonesians in Malaysia to exercise their voting rights as citizens.

The Constitutional Court upheld Joko Widodo's victory at last month's presidential election, rejecting Prabowo Subianto's claims of cheating.

Prabowo Subianto compares Indonesia to a "totalitarian country like North Korea" at the start of a legal challenge Wednesday to the results of the country's presidential election.

Prabowo Subianto alleges that massive fraud tipped the scales in Widodo's favour, but his challenge is directed at the election commission for failing to investigate all allegations of cheating.

Widodo, who will be Indonesia's first president without some kind of link to the autocratic past, won 53 percent of the vote compared to 47 percent for Prabowo Subianto.

Probowo says that there has been a massive, structured and systematic fraud in Indonesia's 2014 elections.

Anfaal Saari emphasises the seriousness of the issue, especially involving children and teenagers under 18 years old.

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