Madrid, 1 December 2024 (dpa/MIA) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been re-elected as secretary general of his center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) at a party conference in Seville on Sunday, according to the Europapress news agency.

The show of support for Sánchez comes despite several ongoing investigations into several Sánchez associates on allegations of corruption.

He won 90% of votes cast by delegates, and several prominent PSOE politicians - including the leaders of Spanish autonomous regions such as Castilla-La Mancha and Catalonia - stood shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

Sánchez has been at the helm of the party for a full decade, and Sunday's party vote was the fourth time he's been re-elected as secretary general.

At the party conference, he expressed his conviction that the PSOE will win Spain's 2027 general election.

In snap general elections in July 2023, PSOE came second behind the conservative People's Party (PP). However, Sánchez managed to gather enough votes to be elected prime minister and is now leading a minority government with the left-wing Sumar alliance.

Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez, is being investigated on suspicion of influence peddling and corruption.

She holds no public office and is a marketing expert who has worked for banks and non-governmental organizations.

A major storm that unleashed deadly flooding in late October in eastern and southern Spain has also upended Spanish politics with anger from voters and allegations of an inadequate response.

The particularly hard-hit region of Valencia, where 222 people died, is governed by PP leader Carlos Mazón.

He has so far rejected widespread calls for his resignation over his handling of the crisis, and has instead accused the central government in Madrid of negligence.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people protested against Mazón in the regional capital of Valencia.