Voting for the new FIFA president has gone into a second round after Gianni Infantino and Sheik Salman failed to secure a two-thirds majority.
But UEFA general secretary Infantino narrowly edged Salman in the voting with 88 votes to 85.
Prince Ali received 27 and Jerome Champagne seven. To win in the second round, a candidate must reach 104 votes.
UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino received 88 votes in the first round of the FIFA presidential election
Sheik Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain received three votes less than Infantino, on 85
Prince Ali, who ran against Sepp Blatter in the 2015 FIFA presidential election, received a total of 27 votes
Tokyo Sexwale announced his withdrawl from the FIFA presidential race on Friday morning
The South African left four candidates remaining for election to the top role in world football
Ahead of Friday's presidential election, FIFA voted in favour of reforms designed to repair its image and guard against future misdemeanours after the worst crisis in its near-112 history.
The reforms, voted on at FIFA's extraordinary congress in Zurich, address issues of governance, accountability, transparency and diversity.
Meanwhile, Tokyo Sexwale received a standing ovation after ending his bid to be FIFA president in his final opportunity to address the extraordinary congress.
The 62-year-old South African was the last of five candidates to address the 207 voting members who will decide on the successor to Sepp Blatter.
His charisma was on full show in the 15-minute speech, which he ended by announcing he would not take part in the ballot.
Sexwale said: 'My campaign ends today and I suspend my participation. I leave only four people.'
There were 207 eligible votes (Kuwait and Indonesia are suspended) and 201 votes were cast on the reforms, with 89 per cent (179 votes) in favour.
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