{"id":3601,"date":"2014-04-10T08:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:08:01","slug":"election-day-indonesia-mencoblos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/04\/10\/election-day-indonesia-mencoblos\/","title":{"rendered":"Election day: Indonesia mencoblos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indonesia headed to the polls yesterday, electing candidates for national and local government, including members of the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, the national parliament.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve picked out some of the most interesting stories and themes from social media on the day.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

Al Jazeera<\/a> and Berita Satu<\/a> both have good overviews of the main issues in this year\u2019s election campaign, in English and Indonesian respectively. Financial Times correspondent Ben Bland prepared a useful explainer:<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Indonesia Votes team over at New Mandala<\/a> were working hard throughout the day live-blogging the poll, including early results<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The word\u00a0coblos<\/em>, to puncture, comes from the nail holes used to mark ballot papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The papers<\/h2>\n

Here’s a look at some national and local papers on election morning.<\/p>\n

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SBY’s letter<\/h2>\n

Early in the day, current President Susilio Bambang Yudhoyono shared a letter to the Indonesian people, encouraging them to use their vote wisely. First Lady Ibu Ani shared<\/a> all<\/a> four<\/a> pages<\/a> on her famous Instagram account<\/a>.<\/p>\n