Indonesina presidential candidate and Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto claimed victory Wednesday after early vote totals showed him with a commanding lead in the 2024 presidential election to succeed termed out incumbent President Jokowi.

In a speech to his supporters Subianto promised to be a leader for Indonesians of all ethnicities, religions and social backgrounds while asserting that his victory was a win for the country. Subianto, who had previously declared early victories before losing in the 2014 and 2018 elections, now appears to have an insurmountable lead. Preliminary counts showed Subianto winning 57 percent of the vote, meaning he would surely avoid a second round runoff against his opponents.

The third place opposition candidate Ganjar Pranowo called for patience amongst supporters while they waited for the conclusion of the electoral process. He also made allegations of voter fraud that his supporters purportedly documented at polling stations. Meanwhile second place candidate, Anies Baswedan, insisted on waiting for all the votes to be counted before commenting, adding that people should continue to watch the polls and to be on alert for election fraud.

The likely win for Prabowo caps a nearly three decade long rise to power for the wealthiest candidate in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election. Subianto, who also happens to be the son-in-law of notorious former military dictator Suharto, ran in 2014 and 2018 against incumbent Joko Widodo before being defeated after courts found no evidence of alleged voter fraud. Despite the losses, Subianto recouped and controversially won the tacit support of Jokowi after recent court decisions cleared the way for the president’s son Gibran Rakabuming Raka to become Subianto’s vice-presidential running mate.

Subinato was dishonorably discharged from the military for his role in a suspected military coup at the end of the dictatorial Suharto regime. Subianto has also been accused of human rights abuses during his time fighting rebels in the East Timor region as a Special Forces Commander and for the kidnapping, disappearance, and alleged torture of activists during Suharto’s fall from power in 1998. Subianto was at one point banned from entering the United States for his alleged human rights abuses, although he has never been convicted.