Joan Laporta has been re-elected as president of FC Barcelona following the membership’s presidential elections held on March 15, 2026.
The consequence, confirmed by Softfootball and reported by Famend Soccer journalist Fabrizio Romano through his official X deal with, ensures Laporta will proceed main the membership into a brand new chapter after members voted in favour of his “Defensem el Barça” candidacy.
Fabrizio confirmed:
BREAKING: Joan Laporta wins the elections as Barcelona president! Laporta stays and mantains his position for brand spanking new chapter after voting accomplished as we speak.
In ninth February, Barcelona confirmed the elections would maintain on fifteenth March 2026. The election adopted a tense build-up after former Barcelona supervisor Xavi Hernández claimed earlier in March that Laporta had blocked a possible return for Lionel Messi to the membership three years in the past, regardless of the transfer reportedly being agreed in precept after Argentina’s 2022 World Cup triumph.
Laporta secured 32,934 votes, representing 68.18% of the overall vote, comfortably defeating rival candidate Víctor Font, who obtained 14,385 votes (29.78%). There have been additionally 984 clean votes recorded.
This victory marks Laporta’s fourth time main Barcelona. He beforehand served as membership president from 2003 to 2010 earlier than returning once more in March 2021, when he received the earlier election with 30,184 votes.
With the newest consequence, Laporta will now proceed overseeing Barcelona’s sporting and monetary route because the membership appears to be like to take care of stability and compete for main honours within the coming years.
