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        "msgid": "sunarto-reelected-surabaya-mayor-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-02-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Sunarto reelected Surabaya mayor",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Sunarto reelected Surabaya mayor SURABAYA: The incumbent Surabaya mayor, Sunarto Sumoprawiro, was reelected to another five-year term on Monday. One contender, Soetikno, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), was knocked out of the race for a past crime. Sunarto's victory was a blow to PDI Perjuangan, which topped the votes in last year's general election here and secured 22 of 45 seats at the mayoralty's legislature.",
        "content": "<p>Sunarto reelected Surabaya mayor<\/p>\n<p>SURABAYA: The incumbent Surabaya mayor, Sunarto Sumoprawiro,<br>\nwas reelected to another five-year term on Monday. One contender,<br>\nSoetikno, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI<br>\nPerjuangan), was knocked out of the race for a past crime.<\/p>\n<p>Sunarto's victory was a blow to PDI Perjuangan, which topped<br>\nthe votes in last year's general election here and secured 22 of<br>\n45 seats at the mayoralty's legislature.<\/p>\n<p>A former colonel Sunarto, representing the National Awakening<br>\nParty (PKB), won 18 votes to narrowly beat Muchayat from the<br>\nMilitary\/Police faction who earned 17 votes. Golkar candidate<br>\nCol. Budiharto Ma'ruf received support from 10 legislators.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the local legislature, Basuki, announced before<br>\nthe election began that Soetikno was sidelined for his dark<br>\nbackground. The election committee learned of Soetikno's history<br>\nwhen it received a copy of the Gresik District Court's verdict<br>\nsentencing Soetikno to 18 months for stealing a diesel engine<br>\nbelonging to a local textile factory in 1966.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Sunarto's supporters, mostly from PDI Perjuangan,<br>\ncelebrated the victory in a motorcade across the town.<\/p>\n<p>Early polls conducted by local papers revealed that Sunarto<br>\nwas an unlikely winner for allowing the sale of some mayoralty<br>\nproperty. (nur\/sur)<\/p>",
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