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3,111 delegates in the 20th National Congress of the PP Plurality of delegates needed to win | |||||||||||||
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Registered | 41,991 (primary) | ||||||||||||
Turnout | 36,974 (88.1%) (primary) 2,670 (85.8%) (congress, president) | ||||||||||||
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The 20th National Congress of the People's Party, officially the 20th Extraordinary National Congress, was held in Seville from 1 to 2 April 2022, to renovate the leading bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. A primary election to elect the new party president was held on 21 March. The congress was called following the forced ousting of both Pablo Casado as president and Teodoro García Egea as secretary-general in the aftermath of a major crisis that ravaged the party from 16 to 23 February. [1] [2] Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo became the party's new president. [3]
Following her landslide victory in the 4 May 2021 regional election, Madrilenian president Isabel Díaz Ayuso came to be increasingly seen by some within the party as a better leader than Casado to face off Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in the next Spanish general election. [4] [5] A conflict started from September 2021 onwards when Ayuso rushed for the control of the party's regional branch in the Community of Madrid, [6] [7] with such a move being seen by Casado's supporters as an immediate threat to his national leadership. [8] [9] [10] Following several months of a poor and erratic leadership on Casado's behalf and a disappointing party result in the self-imposed 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election, the crisis entered a new stage on 16 February 2022 when some media revealed an alleged plot of García Egea's allies to investigate Ayuso's family in search of compromising material—more specifically, alleged influence peddling in the awarding of public contracts to Ayuso's brother. After several days of public infighting between both Casado and Ayuso, Feijóo was reported as having agreed with the latter and other party regional presidents to become the party's new leader and replace Casado, [11] [12] [13] whose incoming resignation and that of García Egea were announced on 22 February after they were publicly abandoned by most of their party's colleagues.
The congress slogan was "Lo haremos bien" (Spanish : We will get it right). [14] On 18 March 2022, it was announced that 41,681 PP members had registered to vote in the primary election scheduled for 21 March. [15]
The congress of the PP was the party's supreme body, and could be of either ordinary or extraordinary nature, depending on whether it was held following the natural end of its term or due to any other exceptional circumstances not linked to this event. Ordinary congresses were to be held every four years and called at least two months in advance of their celebration, though this timetable could be altered for up to twelve months in the event of coincidence with electoral processes. Extraordinary congresses had to be called by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Directors at least one-and-a-half month in advance of their celebration, though in cases of "exceptional urgency" this deadline could be reduced to 30 days.
The president of the PP was the party's head and the person holding the party's political and legal representation, and presided over its board of directors and executive committee, which were the party's maximum directive, governing and administration bodies between congresses. [16]
The election of the PP president was based on a two-round system. Any party member with at least one-year membership was eligible for the post of party president, on the condition that they were up to date with the payment of party fees and that they were able to secure the signed endorsements of at least 100 party members. The election was to be held in the party's 60 constituencies, corresponding to each province and island of Spain.
In the first round, all registered party members who had their payment fees up to date were allowed to vote for any of the candidates who had been officially proclaimed by virtue of securing the required number of signatures to run. In the event that no candidate won the first round outright—which required securing at least 50 percent of the national vote, being the most voted candidate in at least half of the constituencies and at least a 15-percentage point advantage over the runner-up—a second round would be held concurrently with the party congress, in which party delegates would elect the new party leader from among the two candidates who had previously received the most votes in the first round. Most of the delegates were to be elected by party members concurrently with the first round of voting to the party leadership. [16]
The key dates are listed below (all times are CET. Note that the Canary Islands use WET (UTC+0) instead): [17] [18]
Candidate | Age | Notable positions | Announced | Eliminated | Campaign | Ref. | |
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Candidate elected as president. | |||||||
![]() Feijóo | 60 | President of the Xunta de Galicia (since 2009) President of the PP of Galicia (since 2006) Deputy in the Parliament of Galicia for Pontevedra (since 2005) First Vice President of the Xunta de Galicia (2004–2005) Minister of Territorial Policy, Public Works and Housing of Galicia (2003–2005) President of the State Society of Mail and Telegraphs (2000–2003) Secretary-General for Healthcare (1996–2000) | 2 March 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | [19] [20] [21] | |
Announced | |||||||
Candidates who announced an intention to run for the primary election, but were rejected as a result of not meeting the endorsement requirement. | |||||||
![]() | 29 | None | 2 March 2022 | 10 March 2022 | ![]() | [22] [23] [24] |
The individuals in this section were the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but publicly denied or recanted interest in running:
Candidates seeking to run were required to collect the endorsements of at least 100 party members.
Candidate | Endorsements | ||
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Count | % V | ||
Alberto Núñez Feijóo | 55,580 | 99.93 | |
Alexia Herranz | 41 | 0.07 | |
Total | 55,621 | ||
Sources [34] |
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 PP voters/supporters as well as Spanish voters as a whole, but not among party members, who are the ones ultimately entitled to vote in the primary election.
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Other /None | ![]() | Lead |
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Casado (Inc.) | Feijóo | Ayuso | Almeida | Moreno | Mañueco | Álvarez de Toledo | ||||||
Primary election | 21 Mar 2022 | — [lower-alpha 1] | – | 99.6 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.4 | — | 99.2 |
Hamalgama Métrica/VozPópuli [35] | 3–9 Mar 2022 | 1,000 | 6.5 | 54.5 | 26.0 | – | 10.4 | – | – | 1.3 | 1.3 | 28.5 |
Simple Lógica/elDiario.es [36] | 1–9 Mar 2022 | 1,064 | – | 54.4 | 29.2 | – | – | – | – | 4.0 | 14.9 | 25.2 |
Sigma Dos/Antena 3 [37] | 2 Mar 2022 | ? | 4.8 | 60.9 | 26.2 | – | – | – | – | 8.1 | 34.7 | |
Target Point/El Debate [38] | 23–25 Feb 2022 | 1,005 | 4.0 | 53.0 | 32.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | – | – | 1.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 |
SocioMétrica/El Español [39] | 21–25 Feb 2022 | 3,759 | – | 48.3 | 37.3 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 0.2 | – | 4.7 | 11.0 | |
GAD3/ABC [40] | 23–24 Feb 2022 | 800 | 8.0 | 50.0 | 36.0 | – | 4.0 | – | – | – | 1.0 | 14.0 |
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 1] | 19 Feb 2022 | ? | 14.5 | – | 71.1 | – | – | – | – | 12.9 | 1.4 | 56.6 |
Data10/OKDiario [41] | 18 Feb 2022 | 1,000 | 19.2 | 43.2 | 24.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | – | 2.6 | – | 4.0 | 18.8 |
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 2] | 17 Feb 2022 | 2,742 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 72.8 | – | – | – | 4.9 | 1.6 | – | 65.5 |
Simple Lógica/elDiario.es [42] | 3–13 Jan 2022 | 1,039 | 28.0 | – | 63.3 | – | – | – | – | 7.7 | 1.0 | 35.3 |
SocioMétrica/El Español [43] | 20–30 Dec 2021 | ? | 24.4 | 18.0 | 43.8 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 0.8 | – | 1.1 | 19.4 | |
SW Demoscopia/Publicaciones Sur [44] | 23–24 Nov 2021 | ? [lower-alpha 2] | 14.5 | – | 76.1 | – | – | – | – | 9.4 | – | 61.6 |
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 3] | 1–8 Oct 2021 | 2,119 | 30.3 | – | 66.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.2 | 36.2 |
NC Report/La Razón [p 4] | 21–23 Jul 2021 | 500 | 51.8 | – | 39.8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8.4 | 12.0 |
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Other /None | ![]() | Lead |
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Casado (Inc.) | Feijóo | Ayuso | Almeida | Moreno | Mañueco | Álvarez de Toledo | ||||||
Hamalgama Métrica/VozPópuli [35] | 3–9 Mar 2022 | 1,000 | 3.3 | 49.3 | 38.4 | – | 6.0 | – | – | 1.4 | 1.6 | 10.9 |
Simple Lógica/elDiario.es [36] | 1–9 Mar 2022 | 1,064 | – | 35.7 | 15.5 | – | – | – | – | 43.4 | 20.2 | |
Sigma Dos/Antena 3 [37] | 2 Mar 2022 | ? | 6.5 | 37.9 | 22.1 | – | – | – | – | 6.6 | 26.9 | 15.8 |
Target Point/El Debate [38] | 23–25 Feb 2022 | 1,005 | 2.7 | 32.6 | 22.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | – | – | 29.4 | 7.0 | 10.3 |
SocioMétrica/El Español [39] | 21–25 Feb 2022 | 3,759 | – | 44.0 | 29.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.6 | – | 14.8 | 14.9 | |
GAD3/ABC [40] | 23–24 Feb 2022 | 800 | 8.0 | 35.6 | 22.1 | – | 8.5 | – | – | – | 25.7 | 13.5 |
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 2] | 17 Feb 2022 | 2,742 | 7.6 | 39.0 | 39.4 | – | – | – | 5.8 | 8.2 | – | 0.4 |
Simple Lógica/elDiario.es [42] | 3–13 Jan 2022 | 1,039 | 21.1 | – | 39.6 | – | – | – | – | 31.9 | 7.4 | 18.5 |
SocioMétrica/El Español [43] | 20–30 Dec 2021 | 3,000 | 8.2 | 27.8 | 38.0 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 0.5 | – | 12.0 | 10.2 | |
SW Demoscopia/Publicaciones Sur [45] | 23–24 Nov 2021 | 610 | 14.7 | – | 42.3 | – | – | – | – | 43.0 | – | 27.6 |
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 3] | 1–8 Oct 2021 | 2,119 | 36.7 | – | 48.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 15.3 | 11.3 |
Candidate | Primary | Congress | |||||
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President | Board | ||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Alberto Núñez Feijóo | 36,781 | 99.63 | 2,619 | 98.35 | Unopposed | ||
Blank ballots | 137 | 0.37 | 44 | 1.65 | — | ||
Total | 36,918 | 2,663 | — | ||||
Valid votes | 36,918 | 99.15 | 2,663 | 99.74 | — | ||
Invalid votes | 56 | 0.15 | 7 | 0.26 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 36,974 | 88.05 | 2,670 | 85.82 | |||
Abstentions | 5,017 | 11.95 | 441 | 14.18 | |||
Registered voters | 41,991 | 3,111 | 3,111 | ||||
Sources [46] [47] |
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