2008 PSOE federal party congress

The 37th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 4 to 6 July 2008, to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. 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]

2008 PSOE federal party congress

← 2004 4−6 July 2008 2012 →
995 delegates in the federal congress Plurality of delegates needed to win
Turnout	955 (96.0%) (secretary) 930 (93.5%) (executive)
Candidate José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Blank ballots Delegate vote 941 (98.5%) 14 (1.5%) Executive 920 (98.9%) 10 (1.1%)
Secretary before election José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Elected Secretary José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Candidates

Candidate		Age	Notable positions	Announced	Eliminated	Ref.
Elected
Candidate elected as secretary-general.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero		47	Prime Minister of Spain (since 2004) Secretary-General of the PSOE (since 2000) Deputy in the Cortes Generales for León and Madrid (since 1986) Leader of the Opposition of Spain (2000–2004)	26 April 2008	Y Elected	[2]

Results

Summary of the 5–6 July 2008 congress results

Candidate		Secretary		Executive
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	941	98.53	920	98.92
Blank ballots		14	1.47	10	1.08
Total		955		930
Valid votes		955	100.00	930	100.00
Invalid votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Votes cast / turnout		955	95.98	930	93.47
Abstentions		40	4.02	65	6.53
Total delegates		995		995
Sources[1][3][4]

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

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