Unofficial results showed the minority Christian governor of the Indonesian capital was resoundingly defeated today by his Muslim challenger, after a campaign that cracked open religious and racial divides in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
So called "quick counts" by 10 research companies show former Cabinet minister Anies Baswedan winning between 55 and 60 percent of votes with more than 80 percent of ballots counted.
Incumbent Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is on trial for blasphemy and hundreds of thousands protested against him in Jakarta, deriding his Chinese ancestry and calling for him to be imprisoned or killed.
