2021 FC Barcelona presidential election

Initially the election was to be held on 24 January 2021 but was later postponed due to the increased cases of COVID-19 in Spain in January. Carles Tusquets was the preceding interim President of the club who took over from Josep Maria Bartomeu after the latter resigned on 27 October 2020. However, Tusquets did not contest the elections. 9 pre candidates ran for the presidency. These include former club President Joan Laporta,^[1] Victor Font, Emili Rousaud, Toni Freixa, Jordi Farre, Augusti Benedito, Xavi Vilajoana, Lluis Fernández and Pere Riera.^[2]

In order to advance to the main election the candidates had to collect a minimum of 2,257 signatures from club members. Joan Laporta, Victor Font and Toni Freixa were the only remaining candidates.^{[citation needed]}