Vote of no confidence

With a vote of no confidence against the current board, this is a historic day for FC Barcelona. Two conditions have to be met for the vote to succeed:

1) 10 per cent of the socio's should take part: this condition was already met with the vote being half-way
2) two thirds of the votes should be in favour of the motion (so against the current board)

When the vote succeeds, an interim board will be put in place and presidential elections will be held in the coming three months.


You can comment here on the vote and the result. The poll ends at 9 pm (local time). The result is expected to be known around 11 pm (local time). You can follow the election day on the club's official website

118.528 members, called to the polls

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An electoral roll of 118, 528 club members have been called to take part in this Sunday’s censure vote brought by the club members Oriol Giralt and Christian Castellví against the board of directors. You can vote from 9a.m. to 9p.m.

This Sunday will decide the immediate future of FC Barcelona. The 118,528 club members with the right to vote will decide if they support the motion of censure, which would mean the cessation of the whole Board of Directors and the convening of new elections, or, if they vote no this would allow the present Board to continue their leadership.

As on the 15th of June 2003 –the day Laporta took over as president-, the voting will take place on a day when no football is played. Even so, that day was the biggest electoral turnout in the club’s history.

Who will vote?
All of the 118,528 voters who meet the following conditions: they are of legal age and are not legally incapacitated, they have been members for more than a year, their membership is up to date and they are included in the current electoral census as stated in article 41.

This census consists of 78% men and 22% women. As for age groups, the most represented are those between 31 and 45 and from 46 to 65 years of age, with 32% each. The group from 18 to 30 and people over 65 make up 18% of the electorate each.

The majority of the people on the electoral roll are from the city of Barcelona (42%). Some 38% come from the province of Barcelona, whilst 8% come from the rest of Catalonia. Another 8% are from outside Catalonia but still within the Spanish state and only 4% are to be found abroad. In order to vote you must go to the Camp Nou.

Where to vote?
These members will have to go to the Camp Nou in order to vote. From 9 o’clock in the morning to 9 o’clock at night, there will be 120 tables prepared for the members to have their say. These tables will be located between the South goal, the wing and the North goal of the stadium. Every member, according to their surname, has already been allocated a table from which to make their vote.

The question in the vote of censure
At these electoral tables the members will find two pieces of paper. One will say ‘Yes to the vote of censure’, which would mean the cessation of the Board of Directors, which would mean calling elections. The others will have ‘No to the vote of censure’ written on them, which would mean accepting the continuity of the present Board of Directors, until the end of their mandate.

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