(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Karta may 09 (qna) -the results of last month's parliamentary elections is to be announced late friday an official at indonesia's election commission said .
"the results will be announced at 7.30 pm" (1230 gmt) commission chairman husni kamil manik said.
under indonesian electoral law official results must be announced within one month after the vote or commissioners can face up to five years in prison and fines of up to 60 million rupiah (5200 dollars).
as of friday the commission still had to verify votes from seven provinces. "we are optimistic we will be able to finish it today" manik said.
unofficial quick counts from the april 9 elections projected the opposition indonesian democratic party of struggle (pdi-p) winning the most votes at 19%.
golkar the ruling party during the reign of former dictator suhartowas second with about 15% and the gerindra party of former general and presidential hopeful prabowo subianto came third with 12%.(qna)
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