38th Federal Congress of the PSOE

38th Federal Congress of the PSOE
	3−5 February 2012
956 delegates in the 38th Federal Congress of the PSOE; Plurality of delegates needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	955 (99.9%)
Secretary-General before election; José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero;	Elected Secretary-General ; Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba;

The 38th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held between 3 and 5 February 2012 to elect a new party leadership in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). 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		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		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.
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: 8 January 2012			Delegates: 4 February 2012
Candidate		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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size									Other /None	?	Lead

			Chacón	Rubalcaba	Bono	López Aguilar	Madina	Blanco	Fernández de la Vega	Jiménez
Congress election	4 Feb 2012	N/A[lower-alpha 1]	48.7	51.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.2	N/A	2.3
Metroscopia/El País[p 1]	4–5 Jan 2012	?	21.0	44.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	22.0	13.0	23.0
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 2]	27–29 Dec 2011	?	38.2	50.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11.4	12.2
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 2]	27–29 Dec 2011	?	33.7	35.3	11.0	4.9	3.4	–	–	–	3.3	8.4	1.6
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 3][p 4]	27 Nov 2011	?	27.4	43.1	8.1	–	–	–	–	–	21.4		15.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 5]	30–31 Mar 2011	1,004	15.0	52.0	14.0	–	–	–	–	–	15.0	4.0	37.0
Metroscopia/El País[p 6][p 7]	2 Jun 2010	506	–	8.0	4.0	–	–	3.0	5.0	–	7.0	38.0	3.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia[p 8]	28–29 Dec 2009	807	8.1	11.0	8.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.2

Spanish voters

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size									Other /None	?	Lead

			Chacón	Rubalcaba	Bono	López Aguilar	Madina	Blanco	Fernández de la Vega	Jiménez
Metroscopia/El País[p 1]	4–5 Jan 2012	1,000	18.0	26.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	36.0	20.0	8.0
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 2]	27–29 Dec 2011	800	37.2	38.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24.3	1.3
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 2]	27–29 Dec 2011	800	22.4	26.0	14.4	4.1	3.2	–	–	–	3.9	26.0	3.6
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 3][p 4]	27 Nov 2011	?	19.5	21.2	15.8	2.0	2.4	–	–	–	39.1		1.7
Ikerfel/Vocento[p 9]	4–22 Apr 2011	45,635	18.8	34.9	11.3	–	–	2.8	–	–	3.1	29.1	16.1
NC Report/La Razón[p 10]	3 Apr 2011	?	7.3	25.2	21.2	–	–	–	–	–	46.3		4.0
Invymark/laSexta[p 11][p 12]	2 Apr 2011	?	24.8	62.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	13.1		37.3
Invymark/laSexta[p 11][p 12]	2 Apr 2011	?	11.3	44.0	5.9	–	–	1.5	–	–	16.3	7.5	32.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 5]	30–31 Mar 2011	1,004	17.0	42.0	16.0	–	–	–	–	–	18.0	7.0	25.0
Metroscopia/El País[p 6][p 7]	2 Jun 2010	506	–	6.0	3.0	–	–	2.0	2.0	–	10.0	56.0	3.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia[p 8]	28–29 Dec 2009	807	5.0	7.0	11.0	–	–	3.0	4.0	3.0	29.0	38.0	4.0

Delegate estimations

Source	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Delegates			Percentage
					Other /None /Unknown			Other /None /Unknown

			Chacón	Rubalcaba		Chacón	Rubalcaba
Congress election	4 Feb 2012	956	465	487	4	48.6	50.9	0.4
Chacón's campaign[8][9]	3 Feb 2012	924[lower-alpha 2]	501	421	2	54.2	45.6	0.2
Rubacaba's campaign[8]	3 Feb 2012	924[lower-alpha 2]	413	506	5	44.7	54.8	0.5
Chacón's campaign[10]	23 Jan 2012	956	488	360	108	51.0	37.7	11.3
Rubacaba's campaign[10][11]	23 Jan 2012	956	390	540	26	40.8	56.5	2.7
Chacón's campaign[12]	20 Jan 2012	786[lower-alpha 3]	416	290	80	52.9	36.9	10.2
Rubacaba's campaign[12]	20 Jan 2012	698[lower-alpha 3]	290	380	28	41.5	54.4	4.0

Results

Summary of the 4 February 2012 congress results
Candidate		Votes
Candidate		Votes	%
	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba	487	51.05
	Carme Chacón	465	48.74
Blank ballots		2	0.21

Total		954

Valid votes		954	99.90
Invalid votes		1	0.10
Votes cast / turnout		955	99.90
Abstentions		1	0.10
Total delegates		956

Sources[13][14]

Vote by delegates

Rubalcaba			51.05%
Chacón			48.74%
Blank ballots			0.21%

Notes

PSOE delegates.
Does not include delegates from Europe, the Americas and the JSE.
Partial count.

References

Opinion poll sources

"La mayoría apoya los recortes pero rechaza la subida de impuestos". El País (in Spanish). 7 January 2012.
"Los jóvenes prefieren a Chacón para liderar el PSOE y los mayores a Rubalcaba". La Voz Libre (in Spanish). 3 January 2012.
"Los votantes del PSOE prefieren a Rubalcaba". e-Notícies (in Spanish). 27 November 2011.
"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.
"Rubalcaba es el candidato preferido". El País (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.
"El 77% quiere nuevos candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 6 June 2010.
"Clima Social de España (12ª oleada. Junio 2010)" (PDF). Metroscopia (in Spanish). 14 June 2010.
"El 63% no quiere que Zapatero repita; la alternativa: Rubalcaba o Bono". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 January 2010.
"Encuesta Elecciones 2011". ABC (in Spanish). 1 May 2011.
"Rubalcaba encabeza todas las encuestas tras el fin de Zapatero". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.
"Rajoy perdería también contra Rubalcaba y Chacón". Público (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.
"La Sexta ya ve al PSOE ganador". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.

Other

"Zapatero convoca un congreso ordinario en la primera semana de febrero" (in Spanish). PSOE.es. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
"Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba elegido Secretario General del PSOE" (in Spanish). PSOE.es. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
"Rubalcaba se rodea de caras nuevas en su presentación como candidato". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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.
"Rubalcaba y Chacón logran los avales necesarios del Comité Federal para convertirse en "precandidatos"". Europa Press (in Spanish). 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
"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.
"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.
"Atribución de delegados del PSOE según los propios candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
Ríos, Pere; Planelles, Manuel (3 February 2012). "Unidos en la discrepancia". El País (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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.
"Rubalcaba dice aventajar a Chacón en hasta 150 delegados". Expansión (in Spanish). EFE. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
Garea, Fernando (20 January 2012). "La incertidumbre se apodera del PSOE". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
Benito, Roberto; Sánchez, Manuel (4 February 2012). "Rubalcaba, nuevo líder del PSOE por 22 votos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
"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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[8] PSOE delegates.

[fn1-23] Does not include delegates from Europe, the Americas and the JSE.

[fn2-27] Partial count.

[MJan12-9] "La mayoría apoya los recortes pero rechaza la subida de impuestos". El País (in Spanish). 7 January 2012.

[SDDec11-10] "Los jóvenes prefieren a Chacón para liderar el PSOE y los mayores a Rubalcaba". La Voz Libre (in Spanish). 3 January 2012.

[SD_Nov11a-11] "Los votantes del PSOE prefieren a Rubalcaba". e-Notícies (in Spanish). 27 November 2011.

[SD_Nov11b-12] "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.

[MMar11-13] "Rubalcaba es el candidato preferido". El País (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.

[MetrosJun10a-14] "El 77% quiere nuevos candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 6 June 2010.

[MetrosJun10b-15] "Clima Social de España (12ª oleada. Junio 2010)" (PDF). Metroscopia (in Spanish). 14 June 2010.

[NoxaDec09-16] "El 63% no quiere que Zapatero repita; la alternativa: Rubalcaba o Bono". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 January 2010.

[17] "Encuesta Elecciones 2011". ABC (in Spanish). 1 May 2011.

[18] "Rubalcaba encabeza todas las encuestas tras el fin de Zapatero". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 3 April 2011.

[19] "Rajoy perdería también contra Rubalcaba y Chacón". Público (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.

[20] "La Sexta ya ve al PSOE ganador". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.

[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.

[HierroRecio-5] "Rubalcaba y Chacón logran los avales necesarios del Comité Federal para convertirse en "precandidatos"". Europa Press (in Spanish). 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.

[EP030212-21] "Atribución de delegados del PSOE según los propios candidatos". El País (in Spanish). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[22] Ríos, Pere; Planelles, Manuel (3 February 2012). "Unidos en la discrepancia". El País (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[LV230112-24] 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.

[25] "Rubalcaba dice aventajar a Chacón en hasta 150 delegados". Expansión (in Spanish). EFE. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[EP200112-26] Garea, Fernando (20 January 2012). "La incertidumbre se apodera del PSOE". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[28] Benito, Roberto; Sánchez, Manuel (4 February 2012). "Rubalcaba, nuevo líder del PSOE por 22 votos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[29] "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.