section_path: Bidding, selection and ratification of Expo city/Results
section_name: Results
paragraph_text: Results
  
  A secret ballot took place to select the winner at BIE's 164th General Assembly on 23 November 2018. The first ballot awarded 85 votes to Osaka, 48 votes to Yekaterinburg and 23 votes to Baku, which meant that Baku was eliminated. The second round ballot resulted in 92 votes for Osaka and 61 for Yekaterinburg. This makes Expo 2025 the second time that Osaka has hosted a world expo, after Expo '70.