YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo won 53.15 percent of the vote in Indonesia’s presidential election, informs “Armenpress”, according to a tally of the provincial data ahead of the formal announcement by the election commission. Figures released by the commission gave Widodo, a former furniture maker known widely as "Jokowi," 70,997,859 votes, or 53.15 per cent of the nearly 133 million valid ballots cast.

Widodo’s opponent in the country’s closest presidential election in a decade, former general Prabowo Subianto, took 46.85 percent of the vote, or 46.85 per cent, the figures showed. Voter turnout was 70.7 per cent.

The General Elections Commission, known as the KPU, will announce the official outcome at 8 p.m. in Jakarta.

Some 190 million people were eligible to cast ballots to choose the next president for a five-year term. It takes about two weeks to collect and tabulate votes from nearly a half-million polling stations across the country's 33 provinces.

 “The process of the 2014 presidential election done by the KPU was problematic, undemocratic and against the constitution of 1945,” Prabowo told supporters in Jakarta. The KPU had not been transparent in the vote count, which caused the “loss of Indonesian citizens’ right of democracy.”

If he remains a candidate Prabowo, 62, has three days to contest the results in the constitutional court. A legal challenge would mean a month of uncertainty for voters and investors in the world’s third-largest democracy, where growth slowed to the weakest pace since 2009 in the first quarter.

Ensuring a smooth transfer of power is crucial for Indonesia as it seeks to assure investors the nation’s most divisive presidential election won’t erode democratic and economic progress since dictator Suharto stepped down in 1998.

Joko Widodo was born in 1961 in city of Solo, the son of a wood-seller. He began political career with the PDI-P party when he was elected mayor of Solo in 2005. He was elected for the second term in 2010 with more than 90% of the vote. Joko Widodo was elected governor of Jakarta in 2012.

Indonesia's politics has traditionally been dominated by establishment figures from the political elite and military.

A former furniture-maker who grew up in a small village, Mr Jokowi is seen as a clean politician in touch with the masses. The Jakarta governor has proved to be particularly popular with urban and rural youth.  He likes to wear casual plaid shirts, listen to heavy metal music and make impromptu visits to the slums.

His rival Mr. Subianto is a former general closely associated with the traditional elite. He had the backing of media tycoons.

A former son-in-law of Indonesia's ex-leader Suharto, Mr Subianto has faced multiple questions over alleged human rights abuses.

Security was tight for the announcement, with more than 250,000 police officers on duty across the nation, amid fears that supporters from both camps would clash.

Mr. Widodo won legions of fans during his time as Jakarta governor with his common touch, regularly making visits to the city's slums in casual clothes.

In contrast Mr. Subianto, who won support with fiery nationalistic speeches, used to command the army's feared special forces during the Suharto era and was formerly married to one of the dictator's daughters.