Muhammad Soleh was favored by 51 of 117 voters among the DPD members defeating 10 other candidates in the election held here on Tuesday.
The election was held and ran without incident in a plenary session of the Indonesian Senate.
The other candidates included Parlindungan Purba of North Sumatra, Hardi Slamet Hood from Riau Islands, Muhammad
Syukur from Jabi, Andi Surya from Lampung, Instyawati Ayus
from Riau, Nofi Chandra from West Sumatra, Hudarni Rani
from Bangka Belitung, Abdul Gafar Usman from Riau, Fahrurazi from Aceh and Ahmad Kanedi from Bengkulu.
Muhammad Soleh replaced Irman Gusman who was dismissed after he was named a suspect in corruption case last month by the Corruption Eradication Commisison (KPK).
There were originally 12 candidates presenting their visions and missions before the election took place but one candidate Asmawati from South Sumatra withdrew. (*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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