Ilyumzhinov wins FIDE Presidential elections 95 to 55 (Only 1 Vote diff from 2006 Elects?)
Ilyumzhinov wins FIDE Presidential elections 95 to 55
29 September 2010, 14.52 CET | Last modified: 8:28 | By Peter Doggers | Filed under: Reports | Tags:
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov remains FIDE President for at least four more years. He just won the vote for FIDE President in Khanty-Maniysk convincingly with 95 votes, to 55 for Karpov, and 3 abstentions. Update: we just heard that Silvio Danailov won the European Chess Union presidential elections.
According to our source in Khanty-Mansiysk, after his re-election Ilyumzhinov immediately invited Anatoly Karpov to become Vice-President, to which his opponent hasn’t responded yet.
In case of a close result, the Karpov team might have considered taking legal action against the many irregular proceedings that took place today. However, with such a devastating loss (similar to the result of the presidential elections in 2006 won by Ilyumzhinov against Bessel Kok), they will most probably refrain from this.
The Karpov side was optimistic until the last moment, and expected a close race. However, again the incumbent president won with a large margin, with most votes coming from small federations in Asia, Africa and South America.
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/ilyumzhinov-wins-fide-presidential-elections-95-to-55/
