With just over a month to go to the Indonesian elections, President Joko Widodo appears to have pulled ahead of his closest contender, retired general Prabowo Subianto. For more insights into the candidate field, we spoke to Anwita Basu, the Lead Southeast Asia analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for her analysis.

<p>With just over a month to go to the Indonesian elections, President Joko Widodo appears to have pulled ahead of his closest contender, retired general Prabowo Subianto. For more insights into the candidate field, we spoke to Anwita Basu, the Lead Southeast Asia analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for her analysis.</p>

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