Final Result

Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the country's July 8 presidential election with 60.8 per cent of the vote, the General Elections Commission said Friday.

Yudhoyono received nearly 74 million votes to win a second five-year term, the commission said on its website, reporting its final tally of the ballots.

His rivals, former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, had 26.8 per cent and 12.4 per cent of the votes, respectively, the commission said.

The results are consistent with predictions made by several pollsters hours after the polls.