CLAUSE 104 of Law No. 12/2003 concerning the elections says that election results should be announced 30 days after polling day at the latest. Because voting was on April 5, the deadline for the General Elections Commission (KPU) to announce the result is May 5.

The KPU set itself a tight schedule—April 28 to announce the official, final results of the voting. In their estimation, with this schedule, the political parties would have bee