By Kanupriya Kapoor and Rieka Rahadiana JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia's likely next leader may have a bumpier-than-expected route to the presidential palace after early counting in Wednesday's parliamentary vote suggested his party will have to cut a deal with other parties to get him there in a July poll. Early counts by pollsters show that the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) failed to win enough votes to nominate on its own hugely popular Jakarta governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for the powerful presidency. In another surprise, Islamic parties looked to have picked up more support than expected. Though Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population, many analysts thought Islamic parties were on the wane because of graft scandals and the greater popularity of more pluralist parties.
Indonesia election count suggests tougher ride for presidential hopeful Jokowi
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