Photos: Anies Baswedan Wins Jakarta Governor's Election

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Gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan, center right, hugs his running mate Sandiaga Uno during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. A former Indonesian education minister Anie Baswedan won the race for Jakarta governor on Wednesday after a polarising campaign that cast a shadow over Indonesia's reputation for practicing a tolerant form of Islam. AP/Tatan Syuflana

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Gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan shows his ballot before giving his vote during the local election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Anies Baswedan won with 58 percent of the votes versus 42 percent for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his Chinese nickname as "Ahok", based on 100 percent of the votes in an unofficial "quick count" by Indikator Politik. Other pollsters showed similar results. AP/Dita Alangkara

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Gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan casts his ballot during the local election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Baswedan's huge margin of victory was surprising since opinion polls in the run-up to the election had pointed to a dead-heat. Purnama won the first round of voting for governor in February in a three-way race. AP/Dita Alangkara

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Candidate governor Anies Baswedan casts his vote in the Jakarta governor election in South Jakarta, Indonesia April 19, 2017. A former Indonesian education minister Anie Baswedan won the race for Jakarta governor on Wednesday after a polarising campaign that cast a shadow over Indonesia's reputation for practicing a tolerant form of Islam. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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Former Indonesian education minister Anies Baswedan talks to his running mate Sandiaga Uno after voting in the Jakarta governor election in Jakarta, Indonesia April 19, 2017. Anies Baswedan won with 58 percent of the votes versus 42 percent for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his Chinese nickname as "Ahok", based on 100 percent of the votes in an unofficial "quick count" by Indikator Politik. Other pollsters showed similar results. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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Supporters cheer as gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan, center rear, hugs his running mate Sandiaga Uno during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Unofficial results showed Baswedan resoundingly defeated the capital city's Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, after a campaign that cracked open religious and racial divides in the world's most populous Muslim nation. AP/Tatan Syuflana

20 April 2017 00:00 WIB