Jakarta (VNA), Feb. 15 -- Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto on February 14 claimed victory in the first round of the archipelago's presidential election after preliminary results indicated he was on course to be elected leader of the Southeast Asian country.

Unofficial counts surveying some vote-counting stations gave Prabowo over 55%, a majority that will make a runoff unnecessary.

However, he acknowledged that he must wait for the announcement by the election commission and it will take about a month for the official results to be released.

Speaking at a crowd in central Jakarta, Subianto said that all counts, all pollsters have showed figures that Prabowo-Gibran won in one round, and this victory will be for all Indonesia...