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London (AP) - London's mayor Sadiq Khan, who has been ruling since 2016, remains in office.
The Labor Party politician prevailed over Shaun Bailey from the Conservative Party of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the election for the top post in City Hall.
The election commission announced this late in the evening in the British capital with a good nine million inhabitants.
'Thank you, London.
It is the absolute honor of my life to serve the city I love for three more years, ”wrote Khan on Twitter.
The 50-year-old had taken over the post from Johnson five years ago, the politicians are considered bitter opponents.
The term of office in London is actually four years, but because of the corona pandemic it was extended by one year and the new legislature was therefore shortened by one year.
In the vote, Khan now received 55 percent of the vote.
The election victory in the country's largest city is an important achievement for his Labor party.
In the local elections in England Labor had recently suffered heavy losses and plunged into a leadership crisis.
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