Early results show that the political party of Indonesia's president is likely to win in the parliament elections but by a small margin. A reform-minded former general and praised for his solid leadership, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, is ahead in Thursday's general elections but not by a majority, forcing him to seek coalition partners in parliament beginning on Friday.
Based on about 90 percent of the quick count vote from sample polling stations by the LSI polling agency, the Democrat Party has won about a fifth of the vote to elect local, provincial and national parliaments.
The Democrats, which have led in most opinion polls, were ahead of former president Megawati Sukarnoputri's PDI-P with about 15 percent and Golkar with 14 percent, and PKS with 7,4 percent, LSI said.
Yudhoyono, 59, expected to win a second term, could either continue with his current coalition partner Golkar, the long-time political vehicle for Suharto, the country's late autocratic ruler, or turn to one or two of the small Islamic parties instead. Democrats can coalition with PKS which the member of legislative are honestly, free from coruption and struggling for importance citizen. Yudhoyono hopely can continue a stabilization economic, peacefulness, and continuity the building of prosperity citizen.
Parties must hold 20 percent of seats in the 560-seat lower house or 25 percent of the popular vote to nominate a presidential candidate on their own, otherwise they must team up with coalition partners.
This was the third general election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. The vote was peaceful and fast although have a distubance in a Papua.
Official results are not expected for days, but they are not likely to differ much.
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