Indonesian president's party leads election

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democrat Party led in a partial quick count of voting in yesterday's elections, but was not doing as well as some polls had forecast in a vote considered key for further reforms.

The Democrats, which have led in most opinion polls up to now, were ahead with about 20 percent followed by PDI-P with 15.5 percent based on about 45 percent of the quick count vote sample by the widely followed polling agency LSI.

Golkar, the long-time political vehicle for Suharto, the country's late leader, had 13.7 percent.