2008 PSOE federal party congress

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) held its 37th federal congress in Madrid from 4 to 6 July 2008, to renovate its governing bodies—including the post of secretary-general, which amounted to that of party leader—and establish the party platform and policy until the next congress.

2008 PSOE federal party congress

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995 delegates in the Federal Congress Plurality of delegates needed to win
Turnout	Secretary-General: 955 (96.0%) Executive & Committee: 930 (93.5%)
Candidate José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Blank ballots Delegate vote 941 (98.5%) 14 (1.5%) Executive 920 (98.9%) 10 (1.1%) Committee 921 (99.0%) 9 (1.0%)
Party leader before election José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Party leader after election José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

It was held shortly after the party's victory in the 2008 general election and saw José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero being re-elected unopposed for a third term as party secretary-general, with 98.5% of the delegate vote in the congress (941 votes) and 1.5% of blank ballots (14).^[1]

Candidates

Candidate			Notable positions	Announced	Ref.
Proposed
Candidates who were officially proposed to contest the party congress.
		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (age 47)	Prime Minister of Spain (since 2004) Secretary-General of the PSOE (since 2000) Member of the Congress of Deputies for Madrid (since 2004) Leader of the Opposition of Spain (2000–2004) Member of the Congress of Deputies for León (1986–2004) Member of the PSOE Executive Commission (1997–2000) Secretary-General of the PSOE in the province of León (1988–2000)	4 July 2008	[2]

Results

Summary of the 5–6 July 2008 congress results

Candidate		SG		Executive		Committee
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	941	98.53	920	98.92	921	99.03
Blank ballots		14	1.47	10	1.08	9	0.97
Total		955		930		930
Valid votes		955	100.00	930	100.00	930	100.00
Invalid votes		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Votes cast / turnout		955	95.98	930	93.47	930	93.47
Not voting		40	4.02	65	6.53	65	6.53
Total delegates		995		995		995
Sources[1][3][4]

Vote by delegates (Secretary-General) Zapatero   98.53% Blank ballots   1.47%

Vote by delegates (Executive Commission) Zapatero   98.92% Blank ballots   1.08%

Vote by delegates (Federal Committee) Zapatero   99.03% Blank ballots   0.97%