37th Federal Congress of the PSOE

37th Federal Congress of the PSOE
← 2004 4−6 July 2008 2012 →
995 delegates in the federal congress
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

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]

  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.