Indonesia election latest: Polls close but floods cause delays

JAKARTA -- Indonesians cast their ballots Wednesday to choose the successor to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the world's largest direct presidential vote.

Pre-election opinion surveys showed Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, 72, was leading the race over his two rivals, former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan, 54, and former Central Java Gov. Ganjar Pranowo, 55.

Follow all the key developments with us here on our live blog, and be sure to check out the rest of our election coverage, including these highlights:

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Here's the latest (Jakarta time):

Wednesday, Feb. 14

1:35 p.m. Nana Sudjana, the acting governor of Central Java, says that voting in 10 villages in the province's Demak regency had to be postponed due to flooding, state news agency Antara reports.

1:30 p.m. Ganjar lands in Jakarta after voting in his home province of Central Java. He heads directly to the residence of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri, where they are expected to wait for quick count results. Ganjar dismisses rumors of a planned meeting between Megawati and Jokowi, who drifted apart after the president's son, Gibran Rakabuming, was declared Prabowo's running mate.

Ganjar, Jokowi and Gibran are all PDI-P politicians as opposed to Prabowo, who chairs the Gerindra Party. "It's too early to tell," Ganjar told local reporters of the rumored meeting.

1:05 p.m. Indonesian Armed Forces Gen. Agus Subiyanto says voting has been delayed in a number of regions affected by