In the week after Indonesia's parliamentary election on April 9th, the much-criticised election commission tabulated less than 7.5% of the estimated 123m votes cast. But five independent "quick counts", based on samples of several thousand polling stations, produced almost identical results. So no surprises are expected.rnPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the undoubted winner. His Democratic Party almost tripled its vote from the last election in 2004 to take first place among the 38 contesting parties with a preliminary 20.5%. Golkar, led by Jusuf Kalla, the vice-president, and the largest party in thernold parliament, is one big loser, with 14.5% (down from 21.6%). So is the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or pdi-p, of Megawati Sukarnoputri, a former president, also with 14.5% (18.3%).
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