Felipe González Joaquín Almunia 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),[1] following Felipe González's surprise announce in the congress opening that he would not be seeking re-election as party leader.

The individuals in this section were the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but publicly denied or recanted interest in running: 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.

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.