[Elections in Asia] Modi vs Gandhi, Jokowi vs Prabowo

[View this email in your browser]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Share]( Dear reader, Two of Asia's most populous countries are going to the polls. Despite their complaints, [India]( voters are expected to pass over Rahul Gandhi's Congress and give [Narendra Modi]( BJP another term in office. In [Indonesia]( where there is a growing pool of disillusioned voters who say they will not vote, the money is still on a win for incumbent president Joko Widodo. Yet, there is talk in some quarters that his competitor Prabowo Subianto could stage a "Mahathir surprise", like the [Malaysian leader]( poll victory last year. Who will prevail? Follow our [election coverage]( to find out. Lynn Lee Asia News Editor [India’s Modi blues: why the Gandhi-led Congress is destined to fail]( [Read now >>]( [India election: Modi, Gandhi and the Chinese dragon in the room]( [Read now >>]( [32 organisations urge Indonesians to abstain from voting in polls]( [Read now >>]( [‘Let’s copy Malaysia’: fake news stokes fears for Chinese Indonesians]( [Read now >>]( Weekly updates and insight on the elections in Asia and more from [This Week in Asia]( delivered to your inbox. [Sign up now ►]( [For Malaysia’s Filipinos, it’s Duterte all the way]( [Read now >>]( [Why did Thailand’s junta bother with its farcical election?]( [Read now >>]( [Get the latest updates of elections in Asia]( [Read more ►]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( [Instagram]( [Youtube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( South China Morning Post · 19/F Tower One, Times Square · 1 Matheson Street · Causeway Bay · Hong Kong