A General Elections Commission (KPU) official said here Tuesday the KPU was quite prepared for the eventuality of the presedintial election in July runing in two rounds.
"We are ready for the possibility it will have to be done in two rounds," KPU member Andi Nurpati said.
She said the KPU would not speculate about the possibility but if it did happen the KPU was ready to carry out its tasks accordingly.
The KPU was not in a position to predict whether the race would run in one or two rounds she said, adding that it would all be known only after the results of the first round were known.
She brushed aside rumors that the election would run only in one round, saying rumors not always prove to be true. However, she said, the KPU had already prepared the budget for a second round if it really proved necessary.
Andi said in line with the election law, the race would finish in one round if one of the candidates won more than 50 percent of the vote with minimally 20 percent of the votes in every province in more than half of the total number of provinces in the country.
"If none of the candidates meets this requirement, a run-off will be held," Nurpati said.
KPU secretary general Suripto Bambang Setyadi meanwhile said earlier the KPU would need around Rp4 trillion to implement a run-off
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