37th Federal Congress of the PSOE

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]

37th Federal Congress of the PSOE
4−6 July 2008
995 delegates in the 37th Federal Congress of the PSOE
Plurality of delegates needed to win
Turnout955 (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 checkY Elected [2]

Results
Summary of the 5–6 July 2008 congress results
Candidate Secretary Executive
Votes  % Votes  %
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 94198.53 92098.92
Blank ballots 141.47 101.08
Total 955 930
Valid votes 955100.00 930100.00
Invalid votes 00.00 00.00
Votes cast / turnout 95595.98 93093.47
Abstentions 404.02 656.53
Total delegates 995 995
Sources[3][4][5]
Vote by delegates (Secretary-General)
Zapatero
 
 98.53%
Blank ballots
 
 1.47%
Vote by delegates (Executive)
Zapatero
 
 98.92%
Blank ballots
 
 1.08%

References
  1. "Partido Socialista Obrero Español. Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, P.Socialista de Euskadi E.E., Partido Socialista Popular, PSOE histórico". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. "Zapatero pide "valentía e imaginación" ante el 37 Congreso del PSOE, "el del cambio"". Público (in Spanish). EFE. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. "Zapatero, reelegido secretario general PSOE con el 98,5 % de los votos" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. EFE. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. "Francina Armengol, elegida para formar parte de la Comisión Ejecutiva del PSOE del 37 Congreso Federal". PSOE (in Spanish). 6 July 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. "Partido Socialista Obrero Español, Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, P.Socialista de Euskadi E.E., Partido Socialista Popular, PSOE histórico". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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