River Plate This Saturday, November 1, 2025, a historic day for the democratic sphere of the club was signed: held the elections with the greatest attendance of its centenary history and experienced one of the electoral events with the most voters in Argentine football.
While waiting for the definitive data, more than 25,500 members of the 87 thousand voters who were authorized to participate and deposited their Single Electronic Ballot among the 125 ballot boxes distributed in different spaces of the More Monumental Stadium. Almost three hours before the close of the elections scheduled for 8 p.m., the club’s previous historical record had already been surpassed.
In this way, this electoral event was the most attended in the club’s history, ahead of the 19,833 voters who participated in 2021the 18,872 of 2017the 18,372 of 2013the 14,243 of 2009 and the 12,198 of 1968.
List 2, River Philosophy Front, which led Stefano Di Carlo received support from 15,960 members (61%)surpassing the 14,099 votes that the ruling party led by Rodolfo D’Onofrio had obtained in his re-election in 2017. Although on that occasion, the president kept 74% of the total votes of the day. Jorge Brito in 2021 added 14,020 votes in favor, achieving 70% of the total votes. The current ruling party began its cycle at the helm of the entity in 2013 with an electoral event that had the support of 10,248 members (55%).
“Congratulations to the newly elected president of the River Plate Atlético Club, Stefano Di Carlo, who becomes the president with the highest number of votes in history,” declared the president of the Electoral Commission Ignacio Villarroel.
It is one of the electoral events with the greatest participation in Argentine football, taking into account that Boca Juniors has the record in the country with 43,367 voters who participated in 2023 to consecrate Juan Román Riquelme as president. Previously, the Xeneize had signed other records with 38,363 (2019), 26,136 (2015) and 24,704 (2011) voters.
At a global level, the most important figure is under the orbit of Benfica, which just a few weeks ago had the presence of more than 86 thousand voters (also adding the white and null votes). According to the method of this club, on November 8 there will be a second round between Rui Costa, the current president, against João Noronha Lopes and the board has the challenge of convincing 100 thousand members to run in the elections to register in the statistics in the Guinness World Records. This mark surpassed the one that Barcelona had signed in 2021 and 2010 with the elections of Joan Laporta and Sandro Rosell, respectively, with the presence of more than 55 thousand voters.
It must be taken into account that not all clubs in the world have the election method that we know in Argentina, but the largest number of voters recently registered in different clubs in the world such as Benfica (Portugal) or Fenerbahce (Türkiye). Even in some European countries there is the possibility of voting via mail without the need to attend the headquarters: in the last Barcelona elections, which selected Laporta in 2021, there were 20,663 members who did so by mail.
2025: 25,500 voters (Stefano Di Carlo elected)
2021: 19,833 voters (Jorge Brito elected)
2017: 18,872 voters (Rodolfo D’Onofrio re-elected)
2013: 18,372 voters (Rodolfo D’Onofrio elected)
2009: 14,243 voters (Daniel Alberto Passarella elected)
1968: 12,198 voters (Julian Kent elected)
1983: 10,520 voters (Hugo Santilli elected)
1964: 10,117 voters (Antonio Vespucio Liberti re-elected)
RECORD ELECTIONS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM IN FOOTBALL
• Benfica: 86,297 voters (first round – 2025)
• Barcelona: 57,088 voters (Sandro Rosell – 2010) / 55,611 voters (Joan Laporta – 2021)
• Boca Juniors: 43,367 voters (Juan Román Riquelme – 2023)
• Boca Juniors: 37,930 voters (Jorge Amor Ameal – 2019)
• Real Madrid: 33,114 voters (Florentino Pérez – 2000) / 31,007 voters (Florentino Pérez – 2004)
• Inter Porto Alegre: 29,796 voters (Alessandro Barcellos – 2023)
• River Plate: 25,500 voters (Stefano Di Carlo – 2025)
• Fenerbahce: 24,732 voters (Sadettin Saran – 2025)
• Athletic Club Bilbao: 23,506 voters (Jon Uriarte – 2022)
• Sporting Lisbon: 22,510 voters (Frederico Varandas – 2018)
• San Lorenzo: 16,358 voters (Marcelo Moretti – 2023)
• Independent: 15,966 voters (Fabián Doman – 2022)
• Guild: 14,895 voters (Alberto Guerra – 2022)
• Penarol: 13,051 voters (Ignacio Ruglio – 2022)
• Central Rosary: 11,724 voters (Rodolfo Pollina – 2018)
• National: 11,700 voters (José Decurnex – 2018)
• Córdoba Workshops: 11,433 voters (Andrés Fassi – 2025)
• racing: 10,790 voters (Diego Milito – 2024)
* The maximum records are based on the elections held in the new millennium.
Sources: Sports World (Spain) / ACE (Spain) / The Country (Spain) / Infobae (Argentina) / Clarion (Argentina) / The Nation (Argentina) / Scope (Argentina) / Page 12 (Argentina) / official mouth (Argentina) / official San Lorenzo (Argentina) / Official racing (Argentina) / Official Newell’s (Argentina) / The Capital of Rosario (Argentina) / Official Benfica (Portugal) / Record (Portugal) / official guild (Brazil) / Inter official (Brazil) / Official Athletic Club (Spain) / Ovation (Uruguay) / Referee (Uruguay) / Sabah (Türkiye) / Official workshops (Argentina)
