Sadiq Khan wins London mayoral race

UK Labour Party candidate Sadiq Khan has become the first Muslim elected mayor of London, results show.

According to Press TV, with 100 percent of first-preference votes counted on Friday, Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver and a seamstress, scored a resounding victory over his Conservative rival, billionaire Zac Goldsmith, in the race for the mayoralty of Britain's financial center.

Khan won 57 percent of the votes after second preferences were taken into account with Goldsmith receiving 43 percent, according to The Guardian.

The 45-year-old MP was expected to win back City Hall for the Labour Party after eight years of Conservative rule, and at the end of an often bitter campaign during which Goldsmith has been accused of Islamophobia.

Goldsmith accused Khan of “pandering to extremists” and providing them "oxygen".

Goldsmith’s "disgusting and slimy" campaign, as one voter put it, turned many voters away from the Conservative candidate and voted for Khan.

If confirmed, a Labour victory in London would be a major blow for Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives.

Vote counting for the Welsh Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly, London Assembly and local elections are still underway.

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