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| Indonesia court upholds Joko Widodo poll victory | |
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| Indonesia's top court has rejected an appeal from defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto over the results of July's presidential poll. | |
| The constitutional court's decision upholds the results from the elections, which Joko Widodo won by a 6% margin. | |
| Mr Subianto had claimed widespread electoral fraud, and taken his case to the court. | Mr Subianto had claimed widespread electoral fraud, and taken his case to the court. |
| Hundreds of Mr Subianto's supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the verdict, clashing briefly with police. | Hundreds of Mr Subianto's supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the verdict, clashing briefly with police. |
| The court decision means that Mr Widodo, who was declared president last month, has his position firmly sealed, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta reports. | |
| The constitutional court is the highest authority in the country - and the decision from the court is final, our correspondent adds. | |
| Mr Widodo's win was seen as heralding a new era for Indonesia, whose leaders have generally been drawn from the military and political elite. | |
| Mr Prabowo is a former army general closely associated with the traditional elite, while Mr Widodo, a former furniture-maker who grew up in a small village, has promised a decisive break with Indonesia's authoritarian past and better social welfare for the poor. |