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69509
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 15:04
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THOUSANDS THRONG POLLING STATIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR, TOKYO
Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (ANTARA) - Thousands of Indonesian nationals thronged polling stations (TPSs) set up by the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Tokyo (Japan) to exercise their voting right in the direct presidential election 2009 on Wednesday.
The polling stations in Kuala Lumpur provided 244,008 ballot papers plus two percent of the total number to anticipate eligible voters using passports to vote, Djoko Hardjanto, head of the overseas general election committee (PPLN) in the Malaysian capital city said.
Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Da'i Bachtiar, after inspecting several polling stations in Kuala Lumpur expressed his gratitude to the Malaysian government for allowing the setting up of polling stations outside the Indonesian embassy, namely in Gombak and Puchong.
The Kuala Lumpur PPLN had erected 12 polling stations, including four on the Indonesian embassy compound, four at the Indonesian School in Kuala Lumpur, and two at the Indonesian ambassador's residence.
Meanwhile, in Japan, a number of Indonesians went to polling stations in Tokyo and Kobe (for Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto regions) to cast their votes.
The number of Indonesians eligible to vote in Japan was 17,407, according to data from the Japan PPLNs (Tokyo and Osaka PPLNs).
Head of the Tokyo PPLN Deddy Nur Zaman said some 13,995 Indonesians had been registered in the fixed voter's list (DPT) in Tokyo, but only 216 were registered at the Tokyo polling station, and the remaining 13,779 would send their votes through mail.
According to data of the Osaka PPLN, there were 3,412 eligible voters but only 59 were expected to go to the Kobe polling station, while the rest would send their votes by mail.
The total number of eligible voters in Indonesia in the 2009 presidential election is 176,367,056 , including 1,133,738 living abroad. The number was up by around five million from 171,058,667 in DPTs for the April 2009 legislative election
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The polling stations in Kuala Lumpur provided 244,008 ballot papers plus two percent of the total number to anticipate eligible voters using passports to vote, Djoko Hardjanto, head of the overseas general election committee (PPLN) in the Malaysian capital city said.
Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Da'i Bachtiar, after inspecting several polling stations in Kuala Lumpur expressed his gratitude to the Malaysian government for allowing the setting up of polling stations outside the Indonesian embassy, namely in Gombak and Puchong.
The Kuala Lumpur PPLN had erected 12 polling stations, including four on the Indonesian embassy compound, four at the Indonesian School in Kuala Lumpur, and two at the Indonesian ambassador's residence.
Meanwhile, in Japan, a number of Indonesians went to polling stations in Tokyo and Kobe (for Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto regions) to cast their votes.
The number of Indonesians eligible to vote in Japan was 17,407, according to data from the Japan PPLNs (Tokyo and Osaka PPLNs).
Head of the Tokyo PPLN Deddy Nur Zaman said some 13,995 Indonesians had been registered in the fixed voter's list (DPT) in Tokyo, but only 216 were registered at the Tokyo polling station, and the remaining 13,779 would send their votes through mail.
According to data of the Osaka PPLN, there were 3,412 eligible voters but only 59 were expected to go to the Kobe polling station, while the rest would send their votes by mail.
The total number of eligible voters in Indonesia in the 2009 presidential election is 176,367,056 , including 1,133,738 living abroad. The number was up by around five million from 171,058,667 in DPTs for the April 2009 legislative election
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