New Delhi: Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the UK, gained the maximum votes withinside the first spherical of vote casting to prevail Boris Johnson as Conservative Party chief and UK Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak scored 88 votes, beforehand of Penny Mordaunt (sixty seven votes) and Truss Liz (50 votes). Finance minister Nadhim Zahawi and previous cupboard minister Jeremy Hunt had been eliminated.
Also withinside the race is some other Indian-foundation member of Parliament – Attorney General Suella Braverman.
Under the election schedule, Boris Johnson’s successor as Conservative chief is supposed to be introduced on September 5, because the birthday birthday celebration seeks to rebuild its famous aid after he turned into felled with the aid of using non-forestall scandal.
Since asserting his purpose to run for birthday birthday celebration management closing week, Rishi Sunak has maintained a consistent lead amongst his birthday birthday celebration’s parliamentary colleagues. But the Conservative Party club base to be able to have the very last say appears to be constructing momentum at the back of Penny Mordaunt.
At this early degree of the contest, the race appears to be narrowing down right into a three-manner Sunak, Mordaunt and Liz Truss clash, however the area continues to be visible as extensive open.
The subsequent spherical of vote casting with the aid of using the 358 Conservative contributors of Parliament to choose their favourites left at the ballot paper is scheduled for Thursday, whilst the sector of applicants might be narrowed down even similarly to a shorter listing of finalists.
