34th Federal Congress of the PSOE

The 34th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 20 to 22 June 1997, 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 saw Joaquín Almunia being elected unopposed as party secretary-general, with 74.7% of the delegate vote in the congress (681 votes) and 25.3% of blank ballots (231), following Felipe González's surprise announce in the congress opening that he would not be seeking re-election as party leader.

Candidates
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Elected
! Joaquín Almunia
 * colspan="7"| Candidate elected as secretary-general.
 * colspan="7"| Candidate elected as secretary-general.
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 * 48
 * Spokesperson of the PSOE Group in the Congress of Deputies (since 1994) Deputy in the Cortes Generales for Madrid (since 1979) Minister for Public Administrations (1986–1991) Minister of Labour and Social Security (1982–1986)
 * 21 June 1997
 * ✅ Elected
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