FIFA Election - 5/29 ***Blatter Re-Elected***

Here's an explanation of the election process from BBC:

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Each of Fifa's 209 member national associations gets one vote - so the likes of footballing minnows American Samoa have just as much of a say as nations such as England.

It is a paper vote rather than an electronic one and the member associations cast their votes by secret ballot, in alphabetical order.

In the first round, a candidate needs to get two-thirds of the vote to be declared the winner - if the vote is closer than that, a second round of voting is held, where a simple majority is enough.
So the winning candidate would need 105 votes in the second round, if every member casts a valid vote, to win.

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Several countries have declared their voting intentions already. The tally (mostly from R/Soccer) is below. Most polls still give Blatter the edge with the Asia block being the big swing vote. Grant Wahl also tweeted "A reminder for tomorrow's FIFA presidential election: Consider who the voters are. Most see no need for reform or change."

Sepp Blatter (Switzerland)

Ali bin al-Hussein (Jordan)
United States
Costa Rica
Austria
Iceland
Romania
Panama
Denmark
Norway and Sweden
Uruguay
Wales
Canada
Australia

Abstaining
Brazil