Indonesia election: Widodo 'leads presidential race', say polls

Indonesia's president looks to be on course for re-election, according to unofficial results released within hours of polls closing.

Joko Widodo is about 10 percentage points ahead of his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, in early results.

Official results are not expected until May, but the so-called "quick counts" - undertaken by polling companies - have proved correct in previous years.

Indonesia voted on Wednesday in one of the world's largest one-day elections.

More than 192 million people were eligible to cast their ballot to select 20,000 local and national lawmakers, including the president.

The presidential race was a re-match of the 2014 contest between Mr Widodo and Mr Prabowo, who both made political moves in line with the increased prominence of conservative Islam in the country.

A BBC poll, conducted by Kompas, puts Mr Widodo's share of the sample ballot counted so far at 54%, while his rival has 45%. A number of other private polling companies are reporting similar outcomes.

However, Mr Prabowo has told reporters his team's own data shows him ahead, with more than 50% of the vote.