Friday 26 February 2016

LIVE: FIFA Presidential Election - Gianni Infantino & Sheik Salman lead after First Ballot

Elections are on-going for the FIFA Presidential position, the results are as follows:

Prince Ali 27 votes; 



Sheik Salman 85 votes:  



Jérôme Champagne 7 votes;

Gianni Infantino 88 votes.



The first ballot for the election of the FIFA President is over.


For a President to be elected in this ballot, a candidate requires 2/3 of the valid votes cast.

Member Associations are requested to cast their vote in alphabetical order. All of the candidate have the right to proceed to the second ballot.

If no candidate receives 2/3 of the votes.

The FIFA Presidential election is overseen by a public notary, scrutineers approved by the extraordinary FIFA congress and the ADHOC Electoral committee.

Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa has decided to drop out of the elections for FIFA President. 4 candidates remain.

Earlier in the day the member association approved the FIFA reforms and all statutory changes required to implement them.

179 members voted in favour of the reforms, 22 members voted against.

The new FIFA statutes, which includes the reforms, will come into force 60 days after this extraordinary FIFA congress.


























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