New Delhi:

Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the UK, gained essentially the most votes within the first spherical of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party chief and UK Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak scored 88 votes, forward of Penny Mordaunt (67 votes) and Truss Liz (50 votes), experiences Reuters. Finance minister Nadhim Zahawi and former cupboard minister Jeremy Hunt had been eradicated.

Also within the race is one other Indian-origin 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 occasion seeks to rebuild its well-liked help after he was felled by continuous scandal.