Dark clouds hung over of the home of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Mega Kuningan in South Jakarta, last week. Agus Harimurti had just left a room on the first floor, after watching the quick count election results on television. Half an hour later, it began to rain profusely.

At the end of the day, Agus won 17.05 percent of the vote, far below Anies Baswedan, who came away with 40.05 percent, and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), who won with just 42.9