The incumbent governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, is neck and neck with rival Anies Baswedan in the race to lead the Indonesian capital. <br/><br/>Early counting showed former Education Minister Baswedan had secured 40.54 per cent of the votes, just ahead of Purnama in second place with 39.43 per cent. The other candidate, Agus Yudhoyono, is in third place with 20.03 per cent.<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.<br/><br/>If no candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the vote a runoff is expected between the two candidates with the most votes.