38th Federal Congress of the PSOE

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38th Federal Congress of the PSOE
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956 delegates in the 38th Federal Congress of the PSOE
Plurality of delegates needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout955 (99.9%) (Secretary-General)
899 (94.0%) (Federal Executive)
  Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 2012b (cropped).jpg Carme Chacón 2010 (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Candidate Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba Carme Chacón Blank ballots
Delegate vote 487 (51.0%) 465 (48.7%) 2 (0.2%)
Executive 723 (81.1%) Eliminated 168 (18.9%)
Secretary before election

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

 Elected Secretary

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

The 38th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Seville from 3 to 5 February 2012, 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. The congress was called after the PSOE suffered its worst defeat since the Spanish transition to democracy. Previous Secretary General José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had announced in April the same year he would not stand for election to a third term as Prime Minister of Spain, announcing his intention to step down as party leader after a successor had been elected.[1]

The result was a close race between the two main candidates to the General Secretariat: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the party's candidate for the 2011 general elections and former First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Carme Chacón Piqueras, former Minister of Defense. The ballot saw Rubalcaba win by a 51% of the vote (487 votes) to the 49% won by Carme Chacón (465 votes), with 2 blank votes and 1 invalid vote.[2]

Candidates[]

Proclaimed[]

Candidate Age Notable positions Announced Ref.
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 2012b (cropped).jpg
Alfredo Pérez
Rubalcaba 		60 Deputy in the Cortes Generales for Cádiz,
Cantabria, Madrid and Toledo (since 1993)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (2010–2011)
Spokesperson of the Government of Spain (1993–1996 and 2010–2011)
Minister of the Interior of Spain (2006–2011)
Spokesperson of the PSOE Group in the Congress of Deputies (2004–2006)
Secretary of Communication of the PSOE (1997–2000)
Minister of the Presidency of Spain (1993–1996)
Minister of Education and Science of Spain (1992–1993)
Secretary of State of Education of Spain (1986–1992) 		29 December 2011 [3]
Carme Chacón 2010 (cropped).jpg
Carme Chacón 		40 Deputy in the Cortes Generales for Barcelona (since 2000)
Minister of Defence of Spain (2008–2011)
Minister of Housing of Spain (2007–2008)
First Vice President of the Congress of Deputies (2004–2007)
Secretary of Education, Universities, Culture and Research of the PSOE (2000–2004)
First Deputy Mayor of Esplugues de Llobregat (1999–2003)
City Councillor of Esplugues de Llobregat (1999–2003) 		7 January 2012 [4]

Announced[]

On 8 January, Luis Ángel Hierro Recio—former party deputy in the Congress of Deputies between 2004 and 2007—tried to gather the required federal committee endorsements to be able to run in the party congress. However, he was unable to collect the required endorsements of at least 10% of federal committee members and was eliminated as a result.[5]

Candidate Age Notable positions Announced Ref.
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Luis Ángel
Hierro Recio 		48 Deputy in the Cortes Generales for Seville (2004–2007) 8 January 2012 [5]

Endorsements[]

Candidates seeking to run were required to collect the endorsements of at least 10% of federal committee members and of between 20% and 30% of congress delegates.[5]

Summary of 8 January–4 February 2012 candidate endorsement results
Candidate Federal Committee Delegates
Count % T % V Count % T % V
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 58 23.20 68.24 286 29.92 49.91
Carme Chacón 27 10.80 31.76 287 30.02 50.09
Luis Ángel Hierro Recio Eliminated (below 10%) N/A
Total 85 573
Valid endorsements 85 34.00 573 59.94
Not endorsing 165 66.00 383 40.06
Total members 250 956
Sources[6][7]
Endorsements by committee members
Rubalcaba
 
 68.24%
Chacón
 
 31.76%
Endorsements by delegates
Chacón
 
 50.09%
Rubalcaba
 
 49.91%

Opinion polls[]

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the candidate's colour. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. Polls show data gathered among PSOE voters/supporters as well as Spanish voters as a whole, but not among delegates, who were the ones ultimately entitled to vote in the congress election.

PSOE voters[]

Spanish voters[]

Delegate estimations[]

Results[]

Summary of the 4–5 February 2012 congress results
Candidate Secretary Executive
Votes % Votes %
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 487 51.05 723 81.14
Carme Chacón 465 48.74 Eliminated
Blank ballots 2 0.21 168 18.86
Total 954 891
Valid votes 954 99.90 891 99.11
Invalid votes 1 0.10 8 0.89
Votes cast / turnout 955 99.90 899 94.04
Abstentions 1 0.10 57 5.96
Total delegates 956 956
Sources[13][14][15]
Vote by delegates (Secretary)
Rubalcaba
 
 51.05%
Chacón
 
 48.74%
Blank ballots
 
 0.21%
Vote by delegates (Executive)
Rubalcaba
 
 81.14%
Blank ballots
 
 18.86%

Notes[]

  1. ^ PSOE delegates.
  2. ^ a b Does not include delegates from Europe, the Americas and the JSE.
  3. ^ a b Partial count.

References[]

Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b "La mayoría apoya los recortes pero rechaza la subida de impuestos". El País (in Spanish). 7 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Los jóvenes prefieren a Chacón para liderar el PSOE y los mayores a Rubalcaba". La Voz Libre (in Spanish). 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Los votantes del PSOE prefieren a Rubalcaba". e-Notícies (in Spanish). 27 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Una encuesta "agridulce" para Rubalcaba y Chacón con Bono al fondo". El Semanal Digital (in Spanish). 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Rubalcaba es el candidato preferido". El País (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "El 77% quiere nuevos candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 6 June 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Clima Social de España (12ª oleada. Junio 2010)" (PDF). Metroscopia (in Spanish). 14 June 2010.
  8. ^ a b "El 63% no quiere que Zapatero repita; la alternativa: Rubalcaba o Bono". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Encuesta Elecciones 2011". ABC (in Spanish). 1 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Rubalcaba encabeza todas las encuestas tras el fin de Zapatero". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Rajoy perdería también contra Rubalcaba y Chacón". Público (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.
  12. ^ "La Sexta ya ve al PSOE ganador". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.
Other
  1. ^ "Zapatero convoca un congreso ordinario en la primera semana de febrero" (in Spanish). PSOE.es. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. ^ "Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba elegido Secretario General del PSOE" (in Spanish). PSOE.es. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  3. ^ "Rubalcaba se rodea de caras nuevas en su presentación como candidato". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. ^ Viúdez, Juana (7 January 2012). "Chacón pide al PSOE que huya del inmovilismo y de la incoherencia". El País (in Spanish). Olula del Río. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Rubalcaba y Chacón logran los avales necesarios del Comité Federal para convertirse en "precandidatos"" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Rubalcaba y Chacón consiguen los avales para optar a la secretaría general del PSOE". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ "PSOE.- Los equipos de Chacón y Rubalcaba entregan el máximo de avales, el 30 por ciento cada uno" (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Atribución de delegados del PSOE según los propios candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ Ríos, Pere; Planelles, Manuel (3 February 2012). "Unidos en la discrepancia". El País (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b Merino, Juan Carlos (23 January 2012). "La igualdad entre Rubalcaba y Chacón ahonda la división territorial del PSOE". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Rubalcaba dice aventajar a Chacón en hasta 150 delegados". Expansión (in Spanish). EFE. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b Garea, Fernando (20 January 2012). "La incertidumbre se apodera del PSOE". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  13. ^ Benito, Roberto; Sánchez, Manuel (4 February 2012). "Rubalcaba, nuevo líder del PSOE por 22 votos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "La ejecutiva de Rubalcaba recibe el respaldo del 80,4% de los delegados". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  15. ^ "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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