Gianni Infantino from Switzerland, has succeeded his countryman, Sepp Blatter, as FIFA president.

Infantino, the UEFA secretary general, after round two of the election, polled 115 votes, 27 more than his closest rival, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.

Coming third is Prince Ali bin al-Hussein with four votes, while Jerome Champagne could not secure a vote. Tokyo Sexwale withdrew before voting began in Zurich.

Earlier, after the first round of voting, no outright winner emerged as none of the contestants got a simple majority vote as stipulated by FIFA rules.

However, at the second round of voting, Infantino got a simple majority of more than 50 per cent, 104 votes to become the president-elect.

The 45-year-old Infantino is a lawyer from Brig in the Valais region of Switzerland, less than six miles from Blatter's hometown of Visp.

His predecessor, Blatter, who led the world football's governing body since 1998, stood down last year and was later banned from football for six years over corruption allegation.