The 36th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 2 to 4 July 2004, 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 2004 general election and saw José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero being re-elected unopposed for a second term as party secretary-general, with 95.8% of the delegate vote in the congress (891 votes) and 4.2% of blank ballots (39).[1]
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972 delegates in the federal congress Plurality of delegates needed to win | |||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 932 (95.9%) (secretary) 923 (95.0%) (executive) | ||||||||||||
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Candidates
edit| Candidate | Age | Notable positions | Announced | Eliminated | Ref. | |
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Electededit | ||||||
| Candidate elected as secretary-general. | ||||||
.jpg) Rodríguez Zapatero |
43 | 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) |
2 May 2004 |  Elected
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Results
edit| Candidate | Secretary | Executive | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | 891 | 95.81 | 886 | 96.10 | |
| Blank ballots | 39 | 4.19 | 36 | 3.90 | |
| Total | 930 | 922 | |||
| Valid votes | 930 | 99.79 | 922 | 99.89 | |
| Invalid votes | 2 | 0.21 | 1 | 0.11 | |
| Votes cast / turnout | 932 | 95.88 | 923 | 94.96 | |
| Abstentions | 40 | 4.12 | 49 | 5.04 | |
| Total delegates | 972 | 972 | |||
| Sources[1][3][4] | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "El PSOE cumple hoy 125 años y convoca para julio su 36º congreso". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Zapatero, reelegido secretario general PSOE con el 98,5 % de los votos". El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). 4 July 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "El 96% de los delegados del XXXVI Congreso Federal del PSOE vota la nueva ejecutiva". El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). 4 July 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2022.