The race to become Governor of Indonesia's capital is heading for a second round between the incumbent Christian and a Muslim former Education Minister after neither appeared to win a majority in today's election.<br/><br/>Basuki Tjahaja Purnama – also known as Ahok – had secured 43.08 per cent of the votes, just ahead of Anies Baswedan on 40.14 per cent, based on a quick sample count of about 95 per cent of the vote by private polling firm.<br/><br/>The other candidate, Agus Yudhoyono, the son of former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was in third place with 16.78 per cent. <br/><br/>A candidate needs to get more than 50 per cent of the votes in the first round to win outright.<br/><br/>The Jakarta poll was overshadowed by religious tensions, with major Islamist protests against Christian Purnama, and is being widely seen as a proxy battle for the presidential election in 2019.