Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 38th Federal Congress

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 38th Federal Congress

3−5 February 2012

Candidate Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba Carme Chacón Party PSOE PSOE Vote 487 465 Percentage 51.0% 48.7%

Secretary-General before election José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Elected Secretary-General Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

The 2012 PSOE 38th Federal Congress was called by then Secretary-General José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on 21 November 2011, after his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, suffered its worst defeat since the Spanish transition to democracy. He 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 leader of the party. The Congress' purpose was to renew the party's leadership and to elect a new Secretary General.^[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]

Results

Ballot: 4 February 2012

Candidate		Vote	%
	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (PSOE)	487	51.00
	Carme Chacón (PSOE)	465	48.69
	Invalid/blank ballots	3	0.31
Total		955	100.00
Source: Historia Electoral

References

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.