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The Reims Congress was the twenty-second national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), taking place from 14 to 16 November 2008 in the city of Reims in the Marne.
Socialists, Alterglobalists, Ecologists (Socialistes, Altermondialistes, Écologistes): Motion led by the Utopia current.
Results of the Motions vote
128,978 out of 233,000 eligible voters took part in the election by motion, which represents a turnout of 55.38%
Popular vote
Motion 5 (Royal)
29.08%
Motion 1 (Delanoë)
25.24%
Motion 4 (Aubry)
24.32%
Motion 3 (Hamon)
18.52%
Motion 2 (Ecologist)
1.59%
Motion 6 (Utopia)
1.25%
First-Secretary run-off
Bertrand Delanoë dropped out of the race for First Secretary during the Reims Congress and endorsed Martine Aubry the next day. Ségolène Royal stayed in the race, as did Benoît Hamon (endorsed by Utopia). Royal led in the first round of voting held on Thursday 20 November with around 42% against 34% for Aubry. Hamon had around 22% of the votes and was eliminated. He endorsed Aubry for the runoff, held the next day.
According to official results, Aubry won by a tiny margin of 42 votes, although Royal did not concede and called for a third round to be held. A PS National Council examined the results on Tuesday 25 November. In the recount, Aubry was declared the winner with wider margin of 102 votes