Indonesians have begun voting in the world's biggest single-day election as polling stations open in the east of the sprawling equatorial archipelago following a six-month campaign to choose a new president and parliament.
President Joko Widodo, a furniture businessman who entered politics 14 years ago as a small-city mayor, is seeking re-election against former general Prabowo Subianto, whom he narrowly defeated in the last election, in 2014.
The economy dominated the hard-fought campaign, though the rise of political Islam loomed over the contest in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
Most opinion polls give Widodo a double-digit lead but the opposition says the race is much closer.
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