Residents in the Indonesian capital Jakarta went to the polls Wednesday to elect the city’s governor

Indonesians are voting Wednesday in more than 100 regional elections but Jakarta’s gubernatorial race is attracting most of the attention. It is a closely-watched contest between moderate and conservative forces in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Religion and race came to dominate the campaign in the city with some seven million voters after the current…

Jakarta (dpa) – Millions of residents in the Indonesian capital Jakarta went to the polls Wednesday to elect the city’s governor after a campaign period marred by religious and ethnic tensions. The election pits incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama against two rivals – former education minister Anies Baswedan and Agus Yudhoyono, the son of former president…