There are already 300 people who died counting the votes | Chronic

After an electoral marathon in Indonesia, nearly 300 people lost their lives and 2,151 became ill as a result of the fatigue badociated with the 17 April elections.

In the days following the elections, various figures concerning the deaths occurred, but only recently have officials been able to determine with certainty the number of deaths.

For the first time in the history of the country populated by 260 million inhabitants, the presidential election has been combined with the vote of national and regional parliamentarians to reduce costs.

Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world and has more than 17,000 islands and an extension of about 5,000 kilometers from east to west.

Indonesians had to choose between 245,000 presidential, vice presidential, lower and upper house members and provincial and municipal legislators in a single day.

Official voices

On April 23, the Ministry of Health sent a letter asking the health centers to take the utmost care of the sick staff during the elections, while the Ministry of Finance employed to compensate the families of the deceased.

The Electoral Commission has been strongly criticized for the growing number of deaths. "The (Electoral Commission KPU is not cautious in managing the workload of staffhe affirmed Ahmad Muzani, vice president of the campaign of the presidential candidate of the opposition Prabowo Subianto.

Prabowo, who lost the election according to unofficial figures, denounced electoral fraud. Affirms that some officials voted in favor of the President-in-Office Joko Widodo, winner of the contest.