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Al Jazeera [aljazeera.com]

The April 17 elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with an aim to cut costs.
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As of Saturday night, 272 election officials had died, mostly from overwork-related illnesses, while 1,878 others had fallen ill, Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), told Reuters news agency on Sunday.

The health ministry issued a circular letter on April 23 urging health facilities to offer the utmost care to sick election staff, while the finance ministry is working on compensation for families of the deceased, Susanto added.

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