The election was a rematch of the 2014 presidential election, in which Jokowi defeated Prabowo. The presidential election, the fourth in the country's history, used a direct, simple majority system, with incumbent president Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, running for re-election with senior Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate against former general Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta vice governor Sandiaga Uno for a five-year term between 20. Sixteen parties participated in the elections nationally, including four new parties.
For the first time in the country's history, the president, the vice president, members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), and members of local legislative bodies were elected on the same day with over 190 million eligible voters. General elections were held in Indonesia on 17 April 2019.
