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]
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| Turnout | 955 (96.0%) (secretary) 930 (93.5%) (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 |
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 |  Elected
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Results
edit| Candidate | Secretary | Executive | |||
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| 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] | |||||
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Zapatero, reelegido secretario general PSOE con el 98,5 % de los votos" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. EFE. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Francina Armengol, elegida para formar parte de la Comisión Ejecutiva del PSOE del 37 Congreso Federal". PSOE (in Spanish). 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.