Overview
- The club ran voting on Sunday, June 7, with polls open from 9:00 to 20:00 at Ciudad Real Madrid in Valdebebas and more than 70,000 socios eligible to vote.
- Incumbent Florentino Pérez faced challenger Enrique Riquelme in a contest framed as continuity versus renewal, with Pérez campaigning on sporting and infrastructure achievements and Riquelme pushing for greater member participation.
- The Junta Electoral began the official count after the polls closed and must validate ballots including postal votes before proclaiming the winner for the 2026–2030 term.
- Hourly exit polls published during the day showed a lead for Pérez in the voting on site, but those surveys do not include postal ballots and Riquelme’s team says its internal figures point to a closer race.
- The vote is the most visible opposed presidential contest at Real Madrid in nearly 20 years and the result will shape the club’s governance, member influence and policy priorities for the next four years.