Prabowo Subianto declared Indonesian president-elect as rivals’ appeal rejected

Prabowo Subianto will take office in October (AP)

Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates.

Mr Subianto, who is currently defence minister, won the election with 58.6% of the votes, or more than 96 million ballots, more than twice the amount received by either of the other two candidates.