Joko Widodo re-elected as Indonesian president

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Joko Widodo has been re-elected as Indonesia's president with 55.5% of the vote last month's vote against his challenger Prabowo Subianto, the country's General Elections Commission announced Tuesday.

"This ruling was announced on May 21, and will be effective immediately," the commission's chair, Arief Budiman, said in a live-streamed announcement that was broadcast on major media.

The official results were released a day before the originally scheduled date, amid fears of unrest after Prabowo vowed to challenge any victory for the incumbent leader.

Widodo won more than 85 million of the total 154 million votes cast in the world’s third-largest democracy on 17 April.