2012 PP national party congress

2012 PP national party congress

17−19 February 2012

3,172 delegates in the National Congress
Plurality needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout2,597 (81.9%) (executive)
2,595 (81.8%) (board)
 
Candidate Mariano Rajoy Blank ballots
Delegate vote 2,525 (97.6%) 63 (2.4%)
Board 2,522 (97.4%) 66 (2.6%)

President before election

Mariano Rajoy

Elected President

Mariano Rajoy

The People's Party (PP) held its 17th national congress in Seville from 17 to 19 February 2012, to renovate its governing bodies—including the post of president, which amounted to that of party leader—and establish the party platform and policy until the next congress. The congress slogan was "Committed to Spain" (Spanish: Comprometidos con España), and it saw Mariano Rajoy, incumbent prime minister of Spain as a result of the PP victory at the 2011 Spanish general election, being re-elected unopposed for a third term as party president with 97.6% of the delegate vote in the congress (2,525 votes) and 2.4% of blank ballots (63).