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| Indonesias Yudhoyono wins second term | |
| 2009-07-09 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Indonesia's voters handed their president a second five-year term on Wednesday, as election results of the world's largest Muslim majority country and the third largest democracy came out showing Indonesians' faith in their leader's promises future reform. Officials results from the election will not be announced until later this month, but "quick count" results -- which have proved extremely reliable in the past -- showed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had won enough votes to avoid a second run-off with his nearest rival. Not known for jumping to a conclusion, Yudhoyono declared his own resounding victory as the results rolled in from across the archipelago of 226 million people.
With virtually all of the LSI polling agency's sample of votes counted, Yudhoyono's tally stood at a commanding 60.82 percent. Other agencies put his score slightly lower, but all showed he was comfortably above the halfway mark needed to avoid a second round. | |
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