(CNN) More than 300 Indonesian election workers have died, many of which from fatigue-related illnesses, after the world's third biggest democracy hit the polls earlier this month.

On April 17, Indonesia held its presidential and legislative elections, with around 192.8 million people across the archipelago's 17,000 islands eligible to vote in more than 800,000 polling stations.

As of Monday, 311 election officials have died and another 2,232 people have fallen sick after helping to administer the election, according to figures from the National Elections Commission (KPU).

Evi Novida Ginting, a KPU commissioner, told CNN the deaths were mostly caused by exhaustion and heart attacks. She described election workers as "dedicated and devoted," but "sadly at the cost of neglecting their own physical health."

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