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| Voting begins in Indonesia poll | Voting begins in Indonesia poll |
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| Indonesians have begun voting in parliamentary elections, with 38 national parties contesting the polls. | Indonesians have begun voting in parliamentary elections, with 38 national parties contesting the polls. |
| Voting started in the eastern province of Papua, where a police post was attacked hours before polls opened. | Voting started in the eastern province of Papua, where a police post was attacked hours before polls opened. |
| More than 170 million people are eligible to cast a ballot in the elections, which will decide who can run for president in July. | More than 170 million people are eligible to cast a ballot in the elections, which will decide who can run for president in July. |
| President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party - riding high in weekend polls - is expected to do well. | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party - riding high in weekend polls - is expected to do well. |
| Polling stations will open across Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, many of them in different time zones, in the coming hours. | Polling stations will open across Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, many of them in different time zones, in the coming hours. |
| A party or coalition that wins a fifth of the parliamentary seats can nominate a presidential candidate. | A party or coalition that wins a fifth of the parliamentary seats can nominate a presidential candidate. |
| Irregularities | |
| With each election, Indonesia's democracy seems to inch forward another step, the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta says. | |
| This time people get to vote directly for members of parliament, not parties, our correspondent says, which has made for a heated - and more expensive - campaign. | |
| There is already concern about irregularities in the voter lists, she adds, and a lot of arguments about the voting process and the count are expected. | |
| The parliamentary elections may also provide a useful litmus test of whether politics in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, are becoming more Islamic, analysts say. | |
| Top of many voters' concerns is the economy, with the election campaign ending just as the impact of the global financial crisis is being felt by voters. | Top of many voters' concerns is the economy, with the election campaign ending just as the impact of the global financial crisis is being felt by voters. |
| Papua votes | Papua votes |
| "Our polling stations are now open for the Indonesian elections. We are waiting for voters to arrive," electoral official Enos, of Timika, Papua, told the AFP news agency. | "Our polling stations are now open for the Indonesian elections. We are waiting for voters to arrive," electoral official Enos, of Timika, Papua, told the AFP news agency. |
| Earlier, between 80 and 100 people had attacked a police post in the provincial capital of Jayapura. | Earlier, between 80 and 100 people had attacked a police post in the provincial capital of Jayapura. |
| At least five people died in violence in Jayapura and elsewhere in the province, police said. | At least five people died in violence in Jayapura and elsewhere in the province, police said. |
| Tensions in Papua, where there is a separatist movement, are running high and some have called for a boycott of the elections. | Tensions in Papua, where there is a separatist movement, are running high and some have called for a boycott of the elections. |