Madrid, June 8 -- Florentino Perez was re-elected as Real Madrid president for the next four years after defeating his rival Enrique Riquelme in a vote held on SundayThe result was declared in the early hours of Monday after over 1,000 votes were challenged due to alleged irregularities in the postal voting.
Perez, 79, returns for another four-year term to lead the club with 21,741 votes (65 percent) while Riquelme, a businessman from Alicante, won 11,814 votes (35 percent).
Perez called the election on May 12 at a press conference, which came just before the end of Real Madrid's second season without winning a major trophy. Sunday is the first time Perez has hada rival at an election to be Real Madrid president since he returned to the c...