REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the presidential candidates to honor the result of the 2014 presidential election.

"For those who win the election, it is their responsibility to lead this country. For those who receive the least votes, they must accept it genuinely," Yudhoyono stated after casting his vote at a polling booth near his residence in Cikeas area, West Java province.

The president also called on the police and military personnel to maintain order and security in the country during the election process.

Indonesia is holding a presidential election on July 9, 2014.

The election is contested by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa pair and the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo.

According to the General Elections Commission (KPU), a total of 190,307,134 voters have been registered for the presidential election on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, which includes 2,038,711 overseas voters with 486,866 polling stations across the archipelago.

Meanwhile, the KPU anticipates higher voter participation in the 2014 presidential election as compared to the 2014 legislative election, noted KPU Commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah.

"Although we have not set any target, we are optimistic that the participation will definitely be higher than that recorded in the 2014 legislative election and the 2009 presidential election," Ferry remarked.

Although, the KPU has not set any voter participation target, Ferry assessed that the presidential voting method, which is simpler than Pileg, can help to attract more voters to the polling stations.

"Meanwhile, the community is passionate about the presidential election, and the KPU has also socialized the presidential election in a systematic manner, but this is not the dominant factor," he added.

During the 2009 presidential election, out of the 176.4 million voters in the voters list, as many as 127.9 million people, or 73 percent, had exercised their right to vote, while around 48.4 million voters, or 27 percent, abstained from voting.

The participation rate had decreased as compared to that recorded in the 2004 presidential election, which had reached 84.1 percent.

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