Election Name: | 2015 FC Barcelona presidential election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2010 FC Barcelona presidential election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Election Date: | 18 July 2015 |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Turnout: | 43.1% 5 pp |
Image1: | Josep_Maria_Bartomeu_(cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Josep Maria Bartomeu |
Popular Vote1: | 25,823 |
Percentage1: | 54.6% |
Candidate2: | Joan Laporta |
Popular Vote2: | 15,615 |
Percentage2: | 33.0% |
Image3: | Agustí Benedito.jpg |
Candidate3: | Agustí Benedito |
Popular Vote3: | 3,386 |
Percentage3: | 7.1% |
Image4: | Toni Freixa.jpg |
Candidate4: | Toni Freixa |
Popular Vote4: | 1,750 |
Percentage4: | 3.7% |
President | |
Before Election: | Josep Maria Bartomeu |
After Election: | Josep Maria Bartomeu |
The 2015 FC Barcelona presidential election was the thirteenth FC Barcelona presidential election, held on Saturday 18 July 2015. The interim president Josep Maria Bartomeu's candidacy got re-elected by defeating the three other main challengers: Joan Laporta, former President of the club, Toni Freixa, a former executive, and Agustí Benedito, an entrepreneur. The voters of the election were the 109,637 FC Barcelona socis (members)[1] at the Camp Nou, who voted through a universal suffrage system and elected their new president for 6 years. The final turnout was 43.12%, a decrease of a 5% since the last election.[2]
The electoral calendar was the following:[3]
There were 7 pre-candidacies: Josep Maria Bartomeu,[4] Agustí Benedito, Jordi Farré,[5] Toni Freixa,[6] Joan Laporta,[3] Jordi Majó,[3] and Joan Batiste.[7] Even when the club has more than 140,000 members, the only people who could vote were the 109,637 members who had the age to do so. Each candidate had to get 2,534 butlletes de suport (support tickets) before 4 July.[8] As the day arrived, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Joan Laporta, Toni Freixa and Agustí Benedito were able to collect the tickets, effectively making them formal and official candidates to the presidency.
With the final participation of 47,270 socis (43.12% of the census), Josep Maria Bartomeu got 25,823 votes (54.63%) and won the election, Joan Laporta got 15,615 votes (33.03%), and finally Agustí Benedito with 3,386 votes (7.16%) and Toni Freixa with 1,750 votes (3.70%).[2]