Official: Florentino Perez wins Real Madrid presidential election | OneFootball

Real Madrid’s presidential election turned out to be far closer than initially expected, especially after how Florentino Perez was said to be the clear favourite after playing the €150 million trump card.

In the end, however, he has officially been re-elected as Real Madrid’s president and will continue to call the shots for Los Blancos.

At the midpoint in the polling, Enrique Riquelme was not too far behind as he had 35% of the vote share. Perez, however, retained the majority and will be officially reinstated as the president this week.

The final numbers

A total of 33,555 votes were cast by the Socios to decide who the club’s next president should be, culminating in a turnout of under 40%.

Of them, 21,741 votes were in favour of Perez, while 14,814 went in favour of Enrique Riquelme. The final numbers thus show Perez winning with close to 65% of the vote share.

The result will come as a relief to Perez and his entourage who would never have expected to cut it this close, especially with his opponent having just weeks to campaign. Needless to say, it will get the alarm bells ringing.

Swift moves

Florentino Perez has won the elections. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

With the elections now concluded and the next president agreed on as well, Real Madrid can start making and officially announcing signings and deals.

Jose Mourinho’s appointment, in all likelihood, will be the first to be made official. Soon after, one can expect the likes of Denzel Dumfries and Ibrahima Konate to be announced as well.

Perez will then look to activate his €150 million star signing and possibly a couple of midfield recruits as well. Needless to say, he has a busy month ahead of him back in the office.