2nd Podemos Citizen Assembly

2nd Podemos Citizen Assembly
← 2014 7 December 2016−12 February 2017 2020 →
Turnout155,190
 
Candidate Pablo Iglesias Juan Moreno Yagüe
Party Podemos Podemos
Popular vote 128,742 15,772
Percentage 89.1% 10.9%
Previous Secretary General

Pablo Iglesias

 Secretary General

Pablo Iglesias

The 2017 Podemos state assembly—officially the 2nd Citizen Assembly, and more informally referred to as Vistalegre II[1]—was held between 7 December 2016 and 12 February 2017.[2] Party members would be able to vote on the party's strategic proposals as well as the new leadership composition from February 4 to February 11.[3] While Pablo Iglesias's re-election bid as Secretary General was not disputed,[4] there was strong media interest in the assembly because of a strong internal debate between Iglesias and his Political Secretary, Íñigo Errejón, on the party's strategy and main lines of action for the ensuing years.[5]

Background

Timetable

Date Event
Decision on the State Citizen Council voting system (7–20 December)[6]
7–13 December Submission of provisional proposals.
13–15 December Submission of final proposals.
15 December Deadline for drafting and transaction of proposals.
16 December Publication of proposals.
16–20 December Electoral campaign.
18–20 December Voting period.
Citizen Assembly (5 January–12 February)[7]
5 January Deadline for members to join Podemos to vote in the Assembly.
5–22 January Preparation of political, organisational, ethical and equality documents.
23 January Submission of provisional documents.
23 January–1 February Mergers of the different documents or partial transactions of their contents.
2 February Submission of candidacies and definitive documents.
2–11 February Electoral campaign.
4–11 February Voting period.
11–12 February 2nd Citizen Assembly in Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid.

Results

Secretary General

Summary of the 4–11 February Podemos primary election results
Candidate Votes %
Pablo Iglesias 128,742 89.09
Juan Moreno Yagüe 15,772 10.91
Total 144,514 100.00
Valid votes 144,514 93.12
Invalid and blank ballots 10,676 6.88
Total votes 155,190 100.00
Source: Podemos

State Citizen Council

Choice Points % Won %
Podemos Para Todas (Team Pablo Iglesias) 138,663,530 50.78 37 59.68
Recuperar la Ilusión (Team Íñigo Errejón) 91,954,949 33.67 23 37.10
Podemos en Movimiento (Team Miguel Urbán/Teresa Rodríguez) 35,811,970 13.11 2 3.23
Others 6,635,502 2.43 0 0.00
Total votes 273,065,951 100.00 62 100.00
Source: eldiario.es

Documents

Political Document
Choice Votes %
Podemos Para Todas (Team Pablo Iglesias) 85,946 56.04
Recuperar la Ilusión (Team Íñigo Errejón) 51,701 33.71
Podemos en Movimiento (Team Miguel Urbán/Teresa Rodríguez) 13,689 8.93
Juan Moreno Yagüe Political Document 1,324 0.86
Podemos en Equipo 700 0.46
Total 153,360 100.00
Valid votes 153,360 98.82
Invalid and blank ballots 1,830 1.18
Total votes 155,190 100.00
Source: Podemos
Organisational Document
Choice Votes %
Podemos Para Todas (Team Pablo Iglesias) 83,385 54.42
Recuperar la Ilusión (Team Íñigo Errejón) 53,415 34.86
Podemos en Movimiento (Team Miguel Urbán/Teresa Rodríguez) 15,333 10.01
Podemos en Equipo 1,092 0.71
Total 153,225 100.00
Valid votes 153,225 98.73
Invalid and blank ballots 1,965 1.27
Total votes 155,190 100.00
Source: Podemos
Ethical Document
Choice Votes %
Podemos Para Todas (Team Pablo Iglesias) 82,058 53.63
Recuperar la Ilusión (Team Íñigo Errejón) 51,710 33.79
Podemos en Movimiento (Team Miguel Urbán/Teresa Rodríguez) 17,797 11.63
Podemos en Equipo 1,451 0.95
Total 153,016 100.00
Valid votes 153,016 98.60
Invalid and blank ballots 2,174 1.40
Total votes 155,190 100.00
Source: Podemos
Equality Document
Choice Votes %
Feminismo En Movimiento Para Todas (Iglesias and Urbán) 93,536 61.68
Recuperar la Ilusión (Team Íñigo Errejón) 53,989 35.60
Podemos en Equipo 4,113 2.71
Total 151,638 100.00
Valid votes 151,638 97.71
Invalid and blank ballots 3,552 2.29
Total votes 155,190 100.00
Source: Podemos

References

  1. ^ "Pablo Iglesias pone fecha a Vistalegre 2: principios de 2017". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 2016-10-23.
  2. ^ "Pablo Iglesias propone Vistalegre 2 para el 10, 11 y 12 de febrero, a la vez que el congreso del PP". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 2016-12-05.
  3. ^ "Los inscritos en Podemos podrán votar entre el 4 y el 11 de febrero los documentos y candidaturas para Vistalegre II". infoLibre (in Spanish). 2017-01-02.
  4. ^ "Errejón: "Pablo Iglesias debería seguir liderando Podemos" tras la Asamblea". Público (in Spanish). 2016-12-10.
  5. ^ "Iglesias y Errejón: diferencias y semejanzas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 2016-12-17.
  6. ^ "Podemos Organización. Decide el Sistema de Votación". podemos.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  7. ^ "Podemos Vistalegre II". vistalegre2.podemos.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-12.