Jakarta governor election: Voters set to return to polls for run-off in April

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated February 16 2017 - 2:13pm, first published 12:40am
Jakarta's governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama casts his ballot on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Jakarta's governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama casts his ballot on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in March 2016, when he was Indonesia's education minister. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in March 2016, when he was Indonesia's education minister. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono speaks to residents during his campaign. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono speaks to residents during his campaign. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Voters mark their fingers with ink after voting at a polling station in Jakarta on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Voters mark their fingers with ink after voting at a polling station in Jakarta on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Election workers count ballots at a polling station in Jakarta on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Election workers count ballots at a polling station in Jakarta on Wednesday. Photo: Jefri Tarigan

Jakarta: Jakartans are expected to return to the polls on April 19 to vote in a showdown between the polarising incumbent, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and former education minister Anies Baswedan after neither candidate won a majority in Wednesday's vote between three gubernatorial candidates.

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