In the vote, the other two candidates were imposed: Ash Regan and Kate Forbes.
Euskaraz irakurri: Humza Yousaf izango da Eskoziako lehen minister eta SNP alderdiko buruzagi berria
Why Yousaf has been elected as the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and will therefore become the Scotland’s new Prime Minister replacing Nicola Sturgeon.
The current Minister of Health, who presented himself as a candidate for continuity, has the support of the majority of the members.
In the first round, Yousaf won 24,336 of the vote, while her main rival Kate Forbes, Scotland’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, came second with 20,559 votes. Ash Regan, meanwhile, came in third with 5,599 votes.
In the second round, the new leader of the Scottish Nationalists Kate Forbes won in the second round with 52% of the vote.
A total of 50,494 people out of 72,169 affiliates voted, representing a 70% voter turnout in primaries that have been held for more than two weeks.
Humza Yousaf, 37, was born in Glasgow to a Kenyan mother and a Pakistani father – both arrived in the UK in 1960 – and will be the first Muslim to hold the position of First Minister of Scotland and Scotland’s new leader on will take. the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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