BBC Online :
Indonesia’s outgoing president has urged both camps in Wednesday’s election to keep supporters in check while the official count takes place.
Both candidates have claimed victory in the presidential election, based on unofficial “quick counts”.
The majority of these give Jakarta governor Joko Widodo a slim lead over his rival.
But former army general Prabowo Subianto says other counts point to a win by him.
The current leader, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, cannot run for a third term. On Wednesday night he summoned both candidates to separate meetings at his home outside Jakarta.
“(The president) asks both candidates’ sides to show restraint, not to mobilise masses onto the streets to celebrate victory until the verdict of the Election Commission,” he also tweeted. The official tally is expected to be announced on 21-22 July.
Shortly after polls closed, “quick counts” by pollsters – which have been reliable in the past – were released from some 2,000 representative polling stations around the country.
