Indonesia's biggest ever election under way as 193 million march to polls

Nation will decide between incumbent president, Joko Widodo, and ex-general Prabowo Subianto as well as choosing more than 20,000 legislators

Tens of millions of Indonesians have started voting for a new president and more than 20,000 legislative seats, in what is one of the world’s most complicated ballots.

In the world’s third-largest democracy and largest Muslim-majority nation, almost 193 million Indonesians are registered to vote. The poll kicked off at 7am local time in restive Papua and will end at 1pm in Sumatra.

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