Police guard ballot boxes for Indonesian general elections.

In a video filmed on February 13, thousands of ballot boxes that have been assembled by officers of the General Election Commission (KPU) are stacked on a tennis court guarded by police.

When the assembly process of 1778 ballot boxes made of cardboard, the officers found 81 damaged ballot boxes.

The head of the Bukittinggi General Election Commission, Benny Aziz, said the damage to the ballot box varied so that he stated that the ballot box was not suitable for use and had to be replaced.

"We have assembled all the ballot boxes. Of the total needs of 349 polling stations, there are 81 boxes that do not meet the requirements. Some are damaged due to tearing and holes due to the pressure of hard objects," Benny said.

General elections will be held in Indonesia on 17 April 2019. For the first time in the country's history, the president, the vice president, and members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), will be elected on the same day with over 190 million eligible voters.

In the presidential election, which follow a direct, simple majority system, incumbent Indonesian President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, will run for re-election with senior Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate against former general Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Uno for the five-year term between 2019 and 2024.

The election will be a re-match of the 2014 presidential election, in which Jokowi defeated Prabowo.