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KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (KUNA) -- The reform-minded governor of Jakarta Jokowi Widodo was declared by the Indonesia's Election Commission the winner of the country's presidential election on Tuesday.
The commission said Jokowi had won by just over six percentage points, with 53.15 percent of the nearly 130 million votes cast on July 9. He beat his rival Prabowo Subianto.
Born into poverty but now governor of Jakarta, Jokowi won over voters with a clean image and a reputation for competence in local government, in contrast to the autocracy, corruption and power politics that have weighed down the country for decades.
A former furniture businessman, Jokowi has had a meteoric rise through Indonesia's political establishment. (end)
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