Liz Truss polled 81,326 votes, compared to Sunak's 60,399 in an election with a high turnout of 82.6 per cent, with 654 rejected ballots from a total of 172,437 eligible Tory voters.
Rishi Sunak on Monday asked the Conservative Party members to unite behind the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Liz Truss, minutes after she defeated him in the leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson, to steer the country through difficult times♛.
Sunak, 42, so൩on after his defeat, took to Twitter to thank everyo🌳ne who voted for him.
"I’ve said thr🌞oughout that the Conservatives are one family. It’s right we now unite behind the new PM, Liz Truss, as she steers the country through difficult times," the British Indian former Chancel🧔lor tweeted.
Truss polled 🔯81,꧂326 votes, compared to Sunak's 60,399 in an election with a high turnout of 82.6 per cent, with 654 rejected ballots from a total of 172,437 eligible Tory voters.
Truss, 47, is the third female Prime Minis🍨ter in Britain after Margaret T𝔉hatcher and Theresa May.
On Sunday also, Sunak said that if he loses the Conservative Party leadershi♛p race, his job would be to supportဣ the next government.
In his final interview with the BBC before the result🐠s are declared, Sunak said he plans to stay on as a member of Parliament🐻 and continue to work for his constituents in Richmond, Yorkshire, if he is defeated by Truss in the race.