Tech-savvy Indonesians monitor vote count in disputed poll

23.07.2014 [17:23]
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Baku, July 23 (AZERTAC). Both candidates, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and ex-general Prabowo Subianto, declared victory in the July 9 poll, the tightest in Indonesia since the end of authoritarian rule, based on unofficial tallies from different polling agencies.

But most analysts expect Widodo to be declared president when official results are announced on Tuesday next week.

As allegations mount of attempted manipulation during the complex, lengthy process of counting votes by hand across the sprawling archipelago, social media-mad Indonesians are carrying out their own checks.

This has been made possible by the election commission’s decision to make all vote tally forms publicly available for the first time. Forms showing vote counts from each polling station are photographed and uploaded on the commission’s official website.

One innovation being used to monitor the count is a crowd-sourcing app called Kawal Suara (Guard the Vote), which has attracted more than 5,000 people since it went online Saturday.

Tech-savvy Indonesians monitor vote count in disputed poll

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