Indonesians vote for a new president as Joko Widodo era comes to an end

Indonesians were also voting for a new parliament and local representatives [Juni Kriswanto/AFP]

Counting is under way in Indonesia after millions of people turned out to choose a successor to Joko Widodo, the hugely popular president known as Jokowi, who is barred from running for a third term under the constitution.

The frontrunner is Prabowo Subianto, the only general ever to be given a dishonourable discharge from the country’s armed forces.