how to add all the element in a list

# Python program to find sum of elements in list 
total = 0
  
# creating a list 
list1 = [11, 5, 17, 18, 23]  
  
# Iterate each element in list 
# and add them in variale total 
for ele in range(0, len(list1)): 
    total = total + list1[ele] 
  
# printing total value 
print("Sum of all elements in given list: ", total)