JAKARTA, April 8 Kyodo President ...

JAKARTA, April 8 Kyodo

President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party for toil (PDI-Perjuangan) holds a slim lead Thursday above Golkar, which supported strongman Suharto within 32 years in office, according to the latest eventuates from Monday's general election in Indonesia.

With nearly a quarter of the ballots esteemed Megawati's PDI-Perjuangan has 2065% of the devoteds the General Election Commission said.

Golkar is end behind with 20.04%, followed from the National Awakening Party erected by ousted President Abdurrahman Wahid with 1369% and the Muslim-based United disentanglement Party chaired by Vice President Hamzah Haz with 823%

The Democrat Party, l by the agency of Megawati's former top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who gained public sympathy from a political dispute with Megawati's husband, has 761% of the votes

The remainder is split among a entertainer of smaller parties.

The final issues are still expected to take considerable time to tally -- Indonesia has 148 million eligible voter and turnout was estimated at 90% -- unless the count so far indicates the presidential race settle for July could have at least five candidates.

Election law requires a presidential candidate's party to have won at least 5% of the devoteds cast in the general election and speculation now is that the popular Yudhoyono may rise into view as one of the top challengers to Megawati in July

The general election was held to cull 550 members of the House of Representatives and 128 members in a recently made known upper house called the Regional Representatives Council.

The lower and upper houses form the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's national legislature.

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