Prabowo Subianto (center) attends a gathering with media and his supporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 20, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

JAKARTA - Presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka won Indonesia's 2024 presidential election, the country's General Elections Commission announced on Wednesday.

According to the official counts released by KPU, Prabowo-Gibran received 96,214,691 votes, beating the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair who got 40,971,906 votes, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD who obtained 27,040,878 votes.

The inauguration of the newly elected president and vice-president is scheduled for Oct 20 this year

Prabowo is the current defense minister while Gibran is the mayor of Solo and the first son of the incumbent President Joko Widodo.

The inauguration of the newly elected president and vice-president is scheduled for Oct 20 this year.

ALSO READ: Prabowo claims victory in Indonesia presidential election

Prabowo, 72, thanked voters and volunteers gathered at his south Jakarta residence, saying the election went smoothly.

"We invite all Indonesians to look ahead in unity because our challenges are still huge," he said, vowing to eradicate poverty and injustice.

He thanked the popular outgoing President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, whose tacit backing helped Prabowo win at his third attempt.

He billed himself to voters and investors alike as the "continuity candidate". On Wednesday he repeated a pledge to use as a guide Jokowi's economic policies, which have modernised infrastructure, cut red tape, and delivered growth and prosperity in the trillion-dollar, G20 economy.

ALSO READ:  Xi congratulates Prabowo on election as Indonesian president

Prabowo's running mate Gibran is set to become the country's youngest ever vice-president, owing to a last-minute change of eligibility rules by a court headed by the president's brother-in-law.

Indonesia's election commission also announced on Wednesday that Indonesia's biggest party PDI-P received the most votes in the legislative elections, which were held on the same day, followed by the Golkar Party and Prabowo's Gerindra Party.

Indonesia held its 2024 general elections on Feb 14, choosing the president and vice-president, as well as members of national and regional parliaments.  

With Reuters inputs