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2007 Canarian regional election

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A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 27 May 2007 to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Registered1,556,587 Increase 8.1%
Turnout940,852 (60.4%)
Decrease 4.2 pp
Quick facts All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands 31 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2007 Canarian regional election
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27 May 2007
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All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,556,587 Increase 8.1%
Turnout940,852 (60.4%)
Decrease 4.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan Fernando López Aguilar Paulino Rivero José Manuel Soria
Party PSOE CC–PNC PP
Leader since 28 October 2006 3 February 2007 3 October 1999
Leader's seat Gran Canaria Tenerife Gran Canaria
Last election 17 seats, 25.4% 23 seats, 36.3%[a] 17 seats, 30.6%
Seats won 26 19 15
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 4 Decrease 2
Popular vote 322,833 225,878 224,883
Percentage 34.5% 24.1% 24.0%
Swing Increase 9.1 pp Decrease 12.2 pp Decrease 6.6 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Adán Martín
CC

 President after election

Paulino Rivero
CC

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Overview

Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Canaries (BOC).[3] The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 27 May 2007.

The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date 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 snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.[4]

The election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 3 April 2007 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 27 May.[5]

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[6]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 60. All were elected in seven multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 30 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or six percent regionally.[7]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[8]

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Seats Constituencies
15 Gran Canaria, Tenerife
8 La Palma, Lanzarote
7 Fuerteventura
4 La Gomera
3 El Hierro
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The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[9]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.[10][11]

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Parliamentary composition in April 2007
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Canarian Coalition Parliamentary Group (CC) CC 21 23
AHI 2
Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 17 17
People's Parliamentary Group PP 16 16
Mixed Parliamentary Group PIL 3 3
Non-Inscrits CCN 1[b] 1
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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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.[13] Amendments earlier in 2007 required a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[14]

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

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Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
CC–PNC
List
 Paulino Rivero Regionalism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism
36.3%
[a]		 23 Yes [15]
[16]
[17]
PP
List
 José Manuel Soria Conservatism
Christian democracy		 30.6% 17 No [18]
[19]
PSOE
List
 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Social democracy 25.4% 17 No [20]
[21]
CCN
List
 Ignacio González Santiago Canarian nationalism
Centrism
1.4%
[c]		 3 No
NCa
List
  • New Canaries (NCa)
  • Nationalist Party of Lanzarote (PNL)
  • Initiative for La Palma (ILP)
Román Rodríguez Canarian nationalism
Social democracy		 Did not contest No [22]
[23]
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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. 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.

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

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Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

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Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Canary Islands.

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Results

Overall

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← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 322,83334.51+9.09 26+9
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)1 225,87824.15−12.12 19−4
People's Party (PP) 224,88324.04−6.57 15−2
New Canaries (NCa) 50,7495.43New 0±0
Canarian Centre (CCN)2 46,6764.99+3.58 0−3
The Greens (Verdes) 17,7931.90−0.08 0±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 8,5120.91New 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,5580.70−0.61 0±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)3 4,8240.52−0.50 0±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 2,5390.27New 0±0
Unity of the People (UP) 1,4850.16New 0±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 1,3380.14−0.05 0±0
Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA) 1,0790.12New 0±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 1,0730.11New 0±0
Centre Coalition (CCCAN) 1,0060.11New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 8880.09New 0±0
Alternative Island (ISAL) 8700.09New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 7770.08−0.06 0±0
Citizens' Union–Independent Progressives of Canaries (UC–PIC) 5570.06New 0±0
Commitment to Tenerife (CTF) 4660.05New 0±0
The Phalanx (FE) 3270.03New 0±0
National Democracy (DN) 3020.03−0.01 0±0
Citizens' Initiative for Fuerteventura (ICF) 2860.03New 0±0
Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) 2800.03−0.02 0±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)4 2440.03−0.02 0±0
Blank ballots 13,2371.42+0.14
Total 935,460 60±0
Valid votes 935,46099.43−0.01
Invalid votes 5,3920.57+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 940,85260.44−4.18
Abstentions 615,73539.56+4.18
Registered voters 1,556,587
Sources[10][24][25]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PSOE
 
 34.51%
CC–PNC
 
 24.15%
PP
 
 24.04%
NCa
 
 5.43%
CCN
 
 4.99%
Verdes
 
 1.90%
Others
 
 3.57%
Blank ballots
 
 1.42%
Seats
PSOE
 
 43.33%
CC–PNC
 
 31.67%
PP
 
 25.00%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency PSOE CC–PNC PP
% S % S % S
El Hierro 23.5 1 47.1 2 19.8 −
Fuerteventura 32.3 3 30.3 2 23.9 2
Gran Canaria 37.9 7 5.4 1 34.2 7
La Gomera 54.8 3 31.9 1 5.0 −
La Palma 28.2 3 46.2 4 17.0 1
Lanzarote 28.7 4 18.7 2 15.2 2
Tenerife 32.2 5 39.6 7 16.5 3
Total 34.5 26 24.1 19 24.0 15
Sources[10][24][25]
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Aftermath

Government formation

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Investiture
Nomination of Paulino Rivero (CC)
Ballot → 11 July 2007
Required majority → 31 out of 60 checkY
Yes
34 / 60
No
26 / 60
Abstentions
0 / 60
Absentees
0 / 60
Sources[10][26]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Results for CC (32.9%, 23 seats) and FNC (3.4%, 0 seats)—not including Lanzarote—in the 2003 election.
  2. [b]
    Alejandro Díaz, former PP legislator.[12]
  3. [c]
    Results for FNC in Lanzarote in the 2003 election.
  4. [d]
    Does not include non-resident citizens.

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