Election in Barcelona
2015 FC Barcelona presidential election|
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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]