Voting for the long-awaited presidential and legislative elections in Indonesia began at more than 800,000 polling stations across Indonesia. RSIS visiting fellow Irman G. Lanti predicts that the vote difference in the presidential race may be only around one to two million, if not less, this time round. “Any vote difference below the figure of three million (the psychological mark of 2 per cent of votes) will cause an almost immediate recourse by the losing party to the Constitutional Court,” he added. “But the process in the Constitutional Court will take some time, and in the interim the situation in the country will remain tense, with each side claiming victory.”