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Indonesian Presidential Election 2019

An election officer holds up the ballot during vote count at a polling station after the Indonesia general election in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 17, 2019. Some 192 million Indonesians are set to cast a ballot in the world's third-biggest democracy, with a record 245,000 candidates vying for positions from the presidency and parliamentary seats all the way down to local council jobs. It's a battle between current President Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, a former military general. They also went face-to-face in the 2014 elections. Infrastructure, corruption and the economy will all be on voters' minds. But the central issue this election will Indonesia's national identity and whether it is taking an increasingly Islamic political path. Indonesia has no official state religion but more than 80% of its people are Muslim. It's a massive democratic undertaking which will determine the future identity of a vast and diverse country. (Photo by Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto)

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