Indonesia election latest: Prabowo keeps lead, Anies says wait for final results

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

5:00 p.m. With quick counts giving Prabowo a significant edge, Anies urges reporters to wait for official results from the General Elections Commission (KPU) before concluding the outcome. The commission has until March 20 to announce the final tally.

"Let's wait and not rush," he says. "We [have to] respect the process at the KPU until everything is finalized. I'm still positive" about the outcome.

4:47 p.m. Between 70% and 80% of quick count results from multiple pollsters have come in, and they show Prabowo keeping his lead with 58% to 59.5% of the vote. Anies comes second with 24% to 26%, followed by Ganjar at 16% to 17%.

In a breakdown by province, some of the results show Prabowo and Anies competing tightly in the nation's capital, Jakarta. But Prabowo has a commanding lead in West and East Java, Indonesia's two most populous provinces, where 90% of the samples have been accounted for.

4:22 p.m. Gibran Rakabuming, son of