Real Madrid elections: Exit polls show clear winner as Florentino Perez takes on Enrique Riquelme

June 7, 2026

Florentino Perez looks set to secure another term as Real Madrid president according to exit polls at the voting booths.

Perez is taking on Enrique Riquelme with voting at the Valdebebas training ground instead of the Bernabeu, showing how late and unplanned the elections have been.

However, despite Perez tripping over his own feet multiple times since his surprise call on May 12th, he looks well set to beat his 37-year-old challenger.

MARCA have been conducting exit polls since voting opened and they’re showing a consistent theme.

Real Madrid election exit polls

Update 3:00 PM:

Florentino Pérez: 64.55%
Enrique Riquelme: 35.45%

Update 2:00 PM:

Florentino Pérez: 64.52%
Enrique Riquelme: 35.48%

Update 13:00 PM:

Florentino Pérez: 65.45%
Enrique Riquelme: 34.55%

Update 12:00 PM:

Florentino Pérez: 66.53%
Enrique Riquelme: 33.47%

Update 11:00 AM:

Florentino Pérez: 62.5%
Enrique Riquelme: 37.5%

Update 10:00 AM:

Florentino Pérez: 66.49%
Enrique Riquelme: 33.51%

Perez will therefore continue as Madrid president, having returned for a second stint in 2009.

Famous for his ‘Galactico’ team in the 2000s, it was his 2010s and 2020s teams that made history with seven Champions League titles under Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane.

However, since the departure of the former for Xabi Alonso last summer, things have gone downhill with a trophyless season.

Perez has also becoming increasingly a conspiracy theorist, leading to his sensational May 12th press conference where he ranted at the media for over an hour.

The 79-year-old wasn’t expecting a challenger, as evidenced by the fact that he had to put his signing of Jose Mourinho from Benfica on hold, missing out on a €3million release clause.

Riquelme was also not expecting any shot of victory, but he surprisingly closed in by keeping his face in front of the cameras day-by-day.

Big promises came from the green energy billionaire, but many were too big, with unlikely promises of Erling Haaland and Jurgen Klopp seen as populist and undermining his credibility.

The real test was whether Riquelme could set himself up for a future challenge, something he appears to have done with what looks like over a third of the vote.