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Jakarta’s ‘Ahok’ concedes heavy defeat in governor race
[SCMP] A former minister staged a ­decisive victory in Jakarta’s knife-edge gubernatorial election ­yesterday, after he courted the support of hardline Islamic groups opposed to the Chinese-Christian incumbent.

Observers said the victory of 47-year-old Anies Baswedan ­signalled the rising political clout of Islamic hardliners in the world’s most populous Moslem nation, where leaders have sought to ­promote pluralism after violent riots in 1998 targeted the tiny but affluent Chinese ­community.

A sample count extracted from the nearly six million ballots cast showed Baswedan secured 58 per cent of the vote, against 42 per cent for the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
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