2011 Canarian regional election

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.

2011 Canarian regional election
22 May 2011
All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,580,359 2.9%
Turnout931,010 (58.9%)
2.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Manuel Soria Paulino Rivero José Miguel Pérez García
Party PP CC–PNC–CCN PSOE
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 6 2 11
Popular vote 289,381 225,948 190,028
Percentage 31.9% 24.9% 21.0%
Swing 7.9 pp 3.2 pp 13.5 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader Román Rodríguez
Party NCa
Leader since 26 February 2005
Leader's seat Gran Canaria
Last election 0 seats, 6.5%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 3
Seat change 3
Popular vote 93,634
Percentage 9.1%
Swing 2.6 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Paulino Rivero
CC

 Elected President

Paulino Rivero
CC

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
 José Miguel Pérez García Social democracy 34.51% 26 ☒N
CC–PNC
List
 Paulino Rivero Regionalism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism		 28.10%[lower-alpha 1] 19 checkY
PP
List
 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)
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 →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 289,38131.94+7.90 21+6
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1 225,94824.94–3.16 21+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 190,02820.98–13.53 15–11
New Canaries (NCa)2 82,1489.07+2.60 3+3
Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)3 19,0202.10+1.58 0±0
The Greens (Verdes) 18,8312.08+0.18 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 9,0691.00New 0±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 7,3820.81–0.10 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,8180.75+0.05 0±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 6,4940.72+0.45 0±0
Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) 4,7610.53New 0±0
Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) 4,3340.48New 0±0
Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC) 2,7500.30New 0±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 2,7150.30New 0±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 2,3680.26+0.12 0±0
Party for Services and Public Employed (PSyEP) 1,9930.22New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,4420.16New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 1,2680.14+0.05 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,2460.14+0.06 0±0
Unity of the People (UP) 1,1330.13–0.03 0±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 1,0180.11New 0±0
Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) 3610.04New 0±0
National Democracy (DN) 3140.03±0.00 0±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 1200.01New 0±0
Blank ballots 25,0172.76+1.34
Total 905,959 60±0
Valid votes 905,95997.31–2.12
Invalid votes 25,0512.69+2.12
Votes cast / turnout 931,01058.91–2.36
Abstentions 649,34941.09+2.36
Registered voters 1,580,359
Sources[5][6][7]
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
  1. Results for CC–PNC (24.15%, 19 seats) and CCN (3.95%, 0 seats) in the 2007 election, not including CCN results in Lanzarote.
  2. Results for NCa (5.43%, 0 seats) and PIL (1.04%, 0 seats) in the 2007 election.
  3. Within CC.
  4. Within NCa.
  5. Within CCN.

References
Opinion poll sources
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  3. "El PP doblega al PSOE a siete días de la cita electoral". La Razón (in Spanish). 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  5. "CC puede continuar en las islas con el pacto que da aire a Zapatero hasta 2012". ABC (in Spanish). 9 May 2011.
  6. "Triple empate entre CC, PSOE Y PP en Canarias". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 10 May 2011.
  7. "Encuesta de TNS para Antena 3 y Onda Cero. Elecciones 22M. Expectativas electorales en Canarias" (PDF). TNS Demoscopia (in Spanish). 10 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2012.
  8. "Barómetro electoral autonómico" (PDF). Celeste-Tel (in Spanish). 9 May 2011.
  9. "PSOE y CC empatarían a diputados". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. "PSOE y CC empatarían a diputados en Canarias (Canarias Ahora)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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  14. "El PP sería la primera fuerza, con una derrota del PSC". La Provincia (in Spanish). 2 April 2011.
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  22. "Coalición Canaria sigue teniendo la llave del archipiélago (El Mundo)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011.
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Other
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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. Retrieved 12 September 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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  7. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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