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Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder won a vote to oust Six Flags Inc. chief executive Kieran Burke and two directors from the company’s board, moving a step closer to taking control of the company.

Six Flags shareholders owning 57 percent of the company’s stock voted to remove Burke, chief financial officer James Dannhauser and investment banker Stanley Shuman, Red Zone LLC said. Snyder controls Red Zone and will join the board along with Mark Shapiro of ESPN and Dwight Schar, chairman of NVR, a mortgage banking conglomerate.

The vote is a victory for Snyder after he mounted a three- month battle to persuade shareholders to shake up Six Flags’ board. Snyder wants to triple his stake in the company and said Six Flags needs an aggressive marketing and turnaround plan to boost park attendance and profit.

Six Flags’ holdings include Six Flags Elitch Gardens amusement park in Denver.

Snyder, Six Flags’ largest stockholder with a 12 percent holding, in August offered $6.50 a share, or $140.4 million, to increase his stake to 34 percent. His offer becomes active if the stock trades at or below $6.50 for five consecutive days within 90 days of the certification of the new board members. The stock has been above $6.50 since Aug. 24.

Six Flags said the shareholder votes will be sent to IVS Associates Inc., an independent inspector of elections, for a preliminary count.