It has been a tumultuous few weeks with the mudslinging and name calling as seven started the signature collection process back on May 17 with the goal of collecting 2,095 member signatures of support by May 31.

On Thursday, after two days of ballot counting there were four candidates with the required 2,095 signatures needed to run in the June 13 election to replace current FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta.

The official numbers of valid signatures for the four candidates that will be running is as follows:

Sandro Rosell – 12,635

Marc Ingla – 4,288

Jaume Ferrer – 3.935

Agusti Benedito – 2,250

Barcaloco.com conducted their own poll during the ballot collection process and the results are listed below.

Candidate

% of Vote

Sandro Rosell

50%

Jaume Ferrer

26%

Marc Ingla

10%

Agusti Benedito

8%

Jaume Guixa

3%

Alexis Plaza

3%

Santiago Salvat

0%

For indepth coverage of the election and to learn more about each of the candidates visit http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/, they are an unaffiliated blog written in English covering the elections.