2011 Canarian regional election

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2011 Canarian regional election
← 2007 22 May 2011 2015 →
All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 1,580,359 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.9%
Turnout 931,010 (58.9%)
Red Arrow Down.svg2.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  170x170px Paulino Rivero.jpg 170x170px
Leader José Manuel Soria Paulino Rivero José Miguel Pérez García
Party People's Party of the Canary Islands CC–PNC–CCN Socialist Party of the Canaries
Leader since 16 July 1999 3 February 2007 20 March 2010
Leader's seat Gran Canaria Tenerife Gran Canaria
Last election 15 seats, 24.0% 19 seats, 28.1%[lower-alpha 1] 26 seats, 34.5%
Seats won 21 21 15
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2 Red Arrow Down.svg11
Popular vote 289,381 225,948 190,028
Percentage 31.9% 24.9% 21.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.9 pp Red Arrow Down.svg3.2 pp Red Arrow Down.svg13.5 pp
  Fourth party
  170x170px
Leader Román Rodríguez
Party New Canaries
Leader since 26 February 2005
Leader's seat Gran Canaria
Last election 0 seats, 6.5%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 3
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3
Popular vote 93,634
Percentage 9.1%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.6 pp
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Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Paulino Rivero
CC

 Elected President

Paulino Rivero
CC

The 2011 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1]

Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[2] The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 30 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached six percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats.[1]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each constituency was entitled the following seats for the 2015 regional election:

Constituency Seats
El Hierro 3
Fuerteventura 7
Gran Canaria 15
La Gomera 4
La Palma 8
Lanzarote 8
Tenerife 15

Election date

The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Parliament being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 27 May 2007, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 22 May 2011.[1][3][4]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PSOE
List
 50px José Miguel Pérez García Social democracy 34.51% 26 N
CC–PNC
List
 Paulino Rivero.jpg Paulino Rivero Regionalism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism		 28.10%[lower-alpha 1] 19 YesY
PP
List
 50px José Manuel Soria Conservatism
Christian democracy		 24.04% 15 N
NCa
List
  • New Canaries (NCa)
  • Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)
  • Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)
  • New Fuerteventura (NF)
  • Nationalist Party of Lanzarote (PNL)
  • New Gran Canaria (NGC)
  • Socialists for La Gomera (SxLG)
  • New Gomera (NG)
  • Socialists for Tenerife (SxTf)
  • Initiative for La Palma (ILP)
 50px Román Rodríguez Canarian nationalism
Social democracy		 6.47%[lower-alpha 2] 0 N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 289,381 31.94 +7.90 21 +6
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1 225,948 24.94 –3.16 21 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 190,028 20.98 –13.53 15 –11
New Canaries (NCa)2 82,148 9.07 +2.60 3 +3
Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)3 19,020 2.10 +1.58 0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes) 18,831 2.08 +0.18 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 9,069 1.00 New 0 ±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 7,382 0.81 –0.10 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,818 0.75 +0.05 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 6,494 0.72 +0.45 0 ±0
Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) 4,761 0.53 New 0 ±0
Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) 4,334 0.48 New 0 ±0
Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC) 2,750 0.30 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 2,715 0.30 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 2,368 0.26 +0.12 0 ±0
Party for Services and Public Employed (PSyEP) 1,993 0.22 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,442 0.16 New 0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 1,268 0.14 +0.05 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,246 0.14 +0.06 0 ±0
Unity of the People (UP) 1,133 0.13 –0.03 0 ±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 1,018 0.11 New 0 ±0
Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) 361 0.04 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 314 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 120 0.01 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 25,017 2.76 +1.34
Total 905,959 60 ±0
Valid votes 905,959 97.31 –2.12
Invalid votes 25,051 2.69 +2.12
Votes cast / turnout 931,010 58.91 –2.36
Abstentions 649,349 41.09 +2.36
Registered voters 1,580,359
Sources[5][6][7]
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Footnotes:
  • 1 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election, not including Canarian Centre results in Lanzarote.
  • 2 New Canaries results are compared to the combined totals of New Canaries and Canarian Centre in Lanzarote in the 2007 election.
  • 3 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative totals in the 2007 election.
Popular vote
PP
  
 31.94%
CC–PNC–CCN
  
 24.94%
PSOE
  
 20.98%
NCa
  
 9.07%
ACSSP
  
 2.10%
Verdes
  
 2.08%
UPyD
  
 1.00%
Others
  
 5.13%
Blank ballots
  
 2.76%
Seats
PP
  
 35.00%
CC–PNC–CCN
  
 35.00%
PSOE
  
 25.00%
NCa
  
 5.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP CC–PNC PSOE NCa
 % S  % S  % S  % S
El Hierro 25.3 1 35.7 1 33.9 1
Fuerteventura 20.4 2 33.7 3 17.3 2 8.6 −
Gran Canaria 41.4 8 9.2 1 21.1 4 14.3 2
La Gomera 24.7 1 20.9 1 44.9 2 4.2 −
La Palma 28.1 2 39.5 4 24.9 2 1.8 −
Lanzarote 22.4 2 34.8 4 17.2 1 13.6 1
Tenerife 25.6 5 36.6 7 20.2 3 4.7 −
Total 31.9 21 24.9 21 21.0 15 9.1 3

Notes

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References

Opinion poll sources

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias, Organic Law No. 10 of 10 August 1982 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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  3. ↑ Ley 7/2003, de 20 de marzo, de Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias, Law No. 7 of 20 March 2003 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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