2nd Podemos Citizen Assembly

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]

2nd Podemos Citizen Assembly

← 2014 7 December 2016−12 February 2017 2020 →
Turnout	155,190
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

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.