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Sunak got 88 votes, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in second place on 67 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 50
- Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt were eliminated from the race
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting by MPs to choose the next Conservative leader and prime minister.
He got 88 votes, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in second place on 67 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 50.
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt were eliminated from the race.
Those still in the contest face another round of voting on Thursday.
The field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week, and then around 160,000 Tory members decide which candidate they want to become the next party leader and prime minister.
The result will be announced on 5 September.
The remaining six hopefuls are now scrambling for support from the MPs who backed Hunt and Zahawi.
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Hunt told the BBC he would be supporting Sunak in the race.
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