Nearly 205 million eligible voters of Indonesia choose candidates in this Wednesday’s election. Iconic white ballot boxes and ballots have been carried across the world’s largest archipelago by motorcycle, boat and even horse — as well as on foot.
The journey can be tough. The ballots and boxes must sometimes be hand-carried up mountains, across rivers and through villages in the forest to reach a population that is spread out across over 17,000 islands that stretch over 5,000 kilometres (3,000 miles) from east to west.
A huge number of boxes and ballots is required for the vote in the world’s
third-largest democracy. Once entering a voting booth, a voter must deal with five ballots at once, choosing one of three pairs of presidential and vice presidential hopefuls, as well as candidates at the national, provincial, regional and city levels.
The official vote-counting process is laborious and may take up to 35 days. The public can expect early vote count results which are based on sampling, as registered private polling and survey groups will deploy thousands of volunteers and staff to polling stations nationwide.
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