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Jokowi declared winner a month after Indonesia presidential vote

Viriya Singgih and Arys Aditya

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Jakarta | Indonesian President Joko Widodo won last month's bitterly contested election by a double-digit margin, official results showed on Tuesday, putting the former furniture exporter in charge of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation for another five years.

Widodo, known as Jokowi, won 55.5 per cent of the national vote, compared with his challenger Prabowo Subianto's 44.5 per cent, the General Elections Commission said in Jakarta early on Tuesday.

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