Juan Roman Riquelme is the new president of Boca Juniors

Juan Roman Riquelme won by a large margin in the elections for the presidency of Boca Juniors, which included register Participation (43,367 votes, 46 percent of the record).

The two groups that faced each other in these elections are the ones he leads Riquelme and Jorge are miles awayby the ruling party, and by Andres Ibarra and Mauricio MacriBy the opposition, which admitted defeat in a partial vote.

“Based on the teams’ numbers and seeing the projections, we think so It is enough to admit that we lost“Ibarra said.

While the club congratulated the star on its social networks: “Congratulations to the president who received the most votes in the history of Argentine football.”

The counting of votes began around 8:20 p.m., which is done table after table. In total there are 285.

Official data (228 tables checked out of 285):

Riquelme-Amil: 25,481 votes (63.3%)
Ibarra Macri: 14,639 votes (36.4%)
Disputed: 0.3%

Updated at 1:05 a.m

After it was agreed that admissions would close at 6:00 pm, thousands of supporters waited to cast their votes inside the stadium.

During the first hour of the day, more than 5,000 people have already participated from a list of 94,188 members authorized to exercise their right in the three tents that were set up on an area of ​​2,000 square metres.

At 10:20, Javier Miley, President of the Nation, entered the stadium to cast his vote at table 20 located in Tent A.

At approximately 3:15 p.m., Riquelme reported that 30,000 members had already paid. At four in the afternoon, the number had risen to 35,000.

The organization’s previous record was in 2019 with 38,363 votes (Jorge Amor Miles). The following Argentine football records also belong to Xeneize: 26,083 in 2015 (Daniel Angelisi), and 24,524 in 2011 (Daniel Angelisi). River Plate ranks fifth with 19,833 in 2021 (Jorge Brito).

The elections were scheduled to be held on December 3, but Judge Alejandra Abrivaya postponed them to November 28 based on a complaint filed by the opposition list. However, the Court of Appeal overturned the precautionary measure taken by Abrivaya, and the club can decide at the ballot boxes who will be its new president.

In addition to that postponement, there were other judicial proposals and attempts to delay the democratic celebration again. The main focus of the dispute was to question alleged irregularities in the inclusion in the register of approximately 13,000 members who became active without complying, according to the complainants, with the necessary conditions set by the club’s statutes.

Finally, Ibarra conceded defeat and the duo of Riquelme and Amiel were elected to head the club for the next four years.

Congratulations to the most voted president in the history of Argentine football 💙💛💙 pic.twitter.com/BHMbjjqXar

– Boca Juniors (@BocaJrsOfficial) December 18, 2023