Five million paid volunteers worked across 800,000 voting booths in Indonesia's election last week. Lasting roughly six hours, more than 200 million citizens registered to enter ballots to elect a president, vice president, and legislators on the national and local levels.
The voting process in Indonesia requires around-the-clock hours to help distribute, count, and report hundreds of paper ballots.
Election Fatigue Tragedy
According to Bloomberg, seventy-one election workers died from exhaustion after volunteering to run the February 14 Indonesian elections.
The chairman of the nation's poll body, Mr. Hasyim Asy'ari, confirmed the deaths in a press conference in Jakarta on February 19.
Roughly 4,000 others fell sick between February 14 and 18 due to overwhelming fatigue.
The death toll came despite the government imposing an age cap for volunteers and mandating health checks after more than 500 workers died in 2019.
Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential race, citing the unofficial results of multiple quick counts.
Bloomberg reported that the official results will be announced by March 20.
