Kelner took on thefollowing the departure of Roger Alton after the newspaper was .
The title recorded an average daily circulation of 194,501 copy sales in May, in the month Britain went to the polls, giving a circulation boost to all five quality dailies.
Circulation was been slightly boosted by the Indy giving away more than 61,000 bulk copies in May, compared to the 59,050 it gave out in April.
However, The Guardian posted the biggest month-on-month increase across the national titles, reporting 300,472 copy sales, a 4% rise from April.
The Guardian's highest circulation since January follows a major sampling exercise in London, and the introduction of
The Daily Telegraph also posted its highest circulation of the year with a circulation of 698,456, a rise of 2.23% on April, as did The Times which upped its circulation by 1.65% to 515,379.
Elsewhere, all the tabloids and mid-market titles were down from April, failing to benefit from their coverage of the run-up to the World Cup.
The Sun sold 2,936,099 copies in May, down 0.67% from April.
The Mirror, which yesterday (10 June) announced it was culling 200 jobs across its London-based national titles, was down 0.12% to 1,238,145.
The Daily Star, which is expected to halve its cover price to 10p in July, was also down on the month to 822,934 copy sales.
The Daily Mail registered 2,090,469 copy sales in May while Richard Desmond's Daily Express dipped 0.32% to 663,627.
Every London-based national title fell year-on-year with The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph suffering double digit declines.
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