The leader of the UK far-right Reform Party, Nigel Farage, has regained his seat in parliament after winning a by-election boycotted by major parties and triggered by his resignation last month.
His main rival in the special election held on Thursday was Count Boniface, a satirical candidate who dresses in a trash-can costume and mocks British politics through his jokes. With this, Mr Farage will return to parliament as the representative of the Clacton constituency.
The election result was announced on Friday. The BBC reports that Mr Farage received 22,239 votes, which constituted 63 per cent in the by-election. Count Boniface got 9,455 votes. This was the second-highest vote, at 27 per cent.
A total of 34 candidates contested in the election.
Mr Farage resigned his seat in mid-July after the British parliament opened an investigation into whether he failed to report a $6.7 million gift from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024.
