PARRAMATTA'S Roy Spagnolo has been dumped as Eels chairman at the NRL club's board elections with a rebel ticket headed by 1980s premiership-winning forward Steve Sharp sweeping to power.

Fairfax Media reports the ParraFirst ticket successfully took control of the club on Saturday night with Robert Sassen and Eric Grothe snr the only incumbent board members believed to have retained their positions.

Spagnolo, Mario Libertini, Lyn Wallace, Sid Kelly and Joe Saad have been replaced on the board with Sharp and fellow ParraFirst candidates Lawrence Shepherd, Peter Serrao, Chiang Lim and Tom Issa replacing them.

The ParraFirst faction will hold a 5-2 balance of power in the new-look Eels boardroom.

Final voting will be ratified on Sunday with the new board expected to be inducted at Monday night's annual general meeting.

Originally published as Rebel ticket seizes power at Eels