Joko Widodo wins Indonesian presidency by a wide margin, outflanking opponent backed by hard-line conservatives
JAKARTA, Indonesia—President Joko Widodo was comfortably re-elected the leader of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, after tacking rightward to win over an electorate that has shown signs of embracing a more conservative form of the faith.
An official vote count on Tuesday showed Mr. Widodo won 55.5% of more than 154 million votes cast in the April 17 election, an 11-point margin over his challenger, Prabowo Subianto, a former army general who lost to Mr. Widodo five years ago and has a record of latching onto Islamist...
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