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Official: Florentino Perez wins Real Madrid presidential election
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
Discurso íntegro de Florentino Pérez tras ser reelegido presidente. pic.twitter.com/ucBkVUPS5L
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) June 8, 2026
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
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.
Real Madrid are back in action tomorrow in La Liga as they take on Elche at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero on Matchday 6.
The Merengues go into the game on the back of a solid 4-1 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu and will be eager to build on that, especially with the Madrid derby coming up later in the week.
Ahead of the trip to Elche, Jose Mourinho has announced the squad list of players that will be at his disposal for the game tomorrow night.
There are no new returns to the squad as Real Madrid continue to be without Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, and Rodrygo Goes for the game.
Mourinho could look to make changes to his starting lineup, keeping an eye on the derby at the weekend, which could potentially open the doors for someone like Aurelien Tchouameni to start, having been eased back into the thick of things after return from injury.
There could be some rotations in defence as well, with the likes of Antonio Rudiger and Trent Alexander-Arnold hoping to get some action on the pitch.
It remains to be seen if Yan Diomande starts another game after featuring from the get-go against Rayo at the weekend, especially considering that Arda Guler has been a key player for Mourinho’s team.
Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr., and Jude Bellingham have started all matches so far and it will be interesting to see if one or all of them are given a break with an eye on the derby.
📋✅ ¡Nuestros convocados!
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) September 14, 2026
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