2019 Canarian island council elections
Elections in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands
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Island council elections were held in the Canary Islands on 26 May 2019 to elect the 11th Island Councils (the cabildos insulares) of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 157 seats in the seven island councils were up for election. They were held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities (including the Canary Islands) and local elections all across Spain.
Opinion polls
Overall
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 247,434 | 27.48 | +9.23 | 49 | +13 | |
| Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria (CCa–PNC–UxGC) | 196,827 | 21.86 | −1.44 | 41 | −4 | |
| Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,321 | 0.15 | −0.15 | 3 | −3 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 138,217 | 15.35 | −2.59 | 25 | −1 | |
| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)2 | 110,316 | 12.25 | −1.38 | 11 | −4 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)3 | 70,941 | 7.88 | −4.97 | 10 | −7 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 54,981 | 6.11 | +1.44 | 4 | +2 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 20,742 | 2.30 | +2.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 9,585 | 1.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)4 | 7,831 | 0.87 | −1.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) | 6,969 | 0.77 | +0.12 | 11 | +1 | |
| Canaries Now (ANC–UP)5 | 2,868 | 0.32 | −0.32 | 0 | ±0 | |
| More for Gran Canaria (Más por Gran Canaria)6 | 2,761 | 0.31 | −0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) | 2,685 | 0.30 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Lanzarote Advances (LAVA)7 | 2,239 | 0.25 | −0.09 | 0 | −1 | |
| Win Fuerteventura (PPMAJO–UP Majorero)8 | 1,725 | 0.19 | −0.13 | 0 | −2 | |
| Tenerife Socialist Group (ASTf) | 1,624 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Yes We Can (SSP) | 1,555 | 0.17 | +0.05 | 2 | +1 | |
| For El Hierro Electoral Group (AEPEH) | 1,513 | 0.17 | New | 4 | +4 | |
| Nivaria (Nivaria) | 1,185 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Fuerteventura Party (PF) | 1,185 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 1,116 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 1,022 | 0.11 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| United for Lanzarote (UPLanzarote) | 713 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 686 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic Union of the Canary Islands (UDC) | 633 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Roque de Gando (RDG) | 521 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos) | 486 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Everyone for Lanzarote (TPL) | 434 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vote For Yourself (Vótate) | 417 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Seniors in Action (3e en acción) | 408 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) | 321 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Frontera Union (UF) | 320 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Lanzarote Neighbourhood Force (FVL) | 316 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Villages of Benahoare (PdB) | 152 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN) | 36 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 9,635 | 1.07 | −0.55 | |||
| Total | 900,399 | 157 | +2 | |||
| Valid votes | 900,399 | 99.18 | +1.19 | |||
| Invalid votes | 7,462 | 0.82 | −1.19 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 907,861 | 57.69 | −3.30 | |||
| Abstentions | 665,787 | 42.31 | +3.30 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,573,648 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Island control
The following table lists party control in the island councils.[1] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Island | Population | Previous control | New control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Hierro | 10,798 | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||
| Fuerteventura | 113,275 | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AMF in 2021) | ||
| Gran Canaria | 846,717 | New Canaries (NCa) | New Canaries (NCa) | ||
| La Gomera | 21,136 | Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) | Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) | ||
| La Palma | 81,863 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PP in 2019) | ||
| Lanzarote | 149,183 | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||
| Tenerife | 904,713 | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PSOE in 2019) | ||
Islands
El Hierro
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,695 | 26.85 | +1.92 | 4 | +1 | |
| For El Hierro Electoral Group (AEPEH) | 1,513 | 23.97 | New | 4 | +4 | |
| Independent Herrenian Group–Canarian Coalition (AHI–CCa) | 1,321 | 20.93 | −24.14 | 3 | −3 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 645 | 10.22 | −3.43 | 1 | −1 | |
| El Hierro Can–Canarian United Left (Puede.IUC)1 | 472 | 7.48 | −1.26 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Frontera Union (UF) | 320 | 5.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA) | 179 | 2.84 | −3.80 | 0 | −1 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 95 | 1.51 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN) | 36 | 0.57 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 36 | 0.57 | −0.40 | |||
| Total | 6,312 | 13 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,312 | 99.31 | +1.17 | |||
| Invalid votes | 44 | 0.69 | −1.17 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 6,356 | 75.25 | +0.46 | |||
| Abstentions | 2,090 | 24.75 | −0.46 | |||
| Registered voters | 8,446 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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Fuerteventura
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 9,321 | 25.37 | −5.23 | 7 | −2 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,482 | 23.08 | +5.50 | 7 | +2 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 5,200 | 14.15 | +2.26 | 4 | +1 | |
| New Canaries–Broad Front–Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (NC–AMF)1 | 3,983 | 10.84 | +0.29 | 3 | +2 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)2 | 2,567 | 6.99 | −3.64 | 2 | −1 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 1,769 | 4.81 | +1.88 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Win Fuerteventura (PPMAJO–UP Majorero)3 | 1,725 | 4.69 | −3.58 | 0 | −2 | |
| Fuerteventura Party (PF) | 1,185 | 3.22 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 1,044 | 2.84 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos) | 486 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 461 | 1.25 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 522 | 1.42 | −0.17 | |||
| Total | 36,745 | 23 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 36,745 | 98.22 | +0.82 | |||
| Invalid votes | 665 | 1.78 | −0.82 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 37,410 | 56.69 | −2.75 | |||
| Abstentions | 28,585 | 43.31 | +2.75 | |||
| Registered voters | 65,995 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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Gran Canaria
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA) | 94,576 | 25.74 | −0.73 | 8 | −1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 90,133 | 24.53 | +9.98 | 8 | +3 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 65,490 | 17.82 | +0.29 | 6 | ±0 | |
| Canarian Coalition–United for Gran Canaria (CC–UxGC)1 | 39,243 | 10.68 | −6.20 | 3 | −2 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)2 | 26,415 | 7.19 | −6.20 | 2 | −2 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 25,474 | 6.93 | +2.60 | 2 | +2 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 9,127 | 2.48 | +2.22 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 4,261 | 1.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| More for Gran Canaria (Más por Gran Canaria)3 | 2,761 | 0.75 | −0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)4 | 2,219 | 0.60 | −0.86 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries Now (ANC–UP)5 | 1,471 | 0.40 | +0.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 686 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 587 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Roque de Gando (RDG) | 521 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vote For Yourself (Vótate) | 417 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 309 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 3,805 | 1.04 | −0.36 | |||
| Total | 367,495 | 29 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 367,495 | 99.18 | +0.68 | |||
| Invalid votes | 3,045 | 0.82 | −0.68 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 370,540 | 56.21 | −5.44 | |||
| Abstentions | 288,635 | 43.79 | +5.44 | |||
| Registered voters | 659,175 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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La Gomera
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) | 6,969 | 57.48 | +7.29 | 11 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,799 | 14.84 | −0.42 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Yes We Can (SSP) | 1,555 | 12.82 | +3.63 | 2 | +1 | |
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 673 | 5.55 | −0.70 | 1 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 541 | 4.46 | −3.84 | 0 | −1 | |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 508 | 4.19 | −4.81 | 0 | −1 | |
| Blank ballots | 80 | 0.66 | +0.10 | |||
| Total | 12,125 | 17 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 12,125 | 99.21 | +0.79 | |||
| Invalid votes | 96 | 0.79 | −0.79 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 12,221 | 76.14 | −0.82 | |||
| Abstentions | 3,829 | 23.86 | +0.82 | |||
| Registered voters | 16,050 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
La Palma
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 12,824 | 29.90 | +0.47 | 8 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 12,519 | 29.19 | −2.26 | 7 | −1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 10,928 | 25.48 | +2.54 | 6 | +1 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)1 | 1,557 | 3.63 | −1.41 | 0 | −1 | |
| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA) | 1,495 | 3.49 | +0.78 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 1,034 | 2.41 | −0.54 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)2 | 896 | 2.09 | −0.83 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 717 | 1.67 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) | 321 | 0.75 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Villages of Benahoare (PdB) | 152 | 0.35 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 442 | 1.03 | −0.46 | |||
| Total | 42,885 | 21 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 42,885 | 98.73 | +1.07 | |||
| Invalid votes | 552 | 1.27 | −1.07 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 43,437 | 68.09 | +1.42 | |||
| Abstentions | 20,353 | 31.91 | −1.42 | |||
| Registered voters | 63,790 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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Lanzarote
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,905 | 28.27 | +9.14 | 9 | +4 | |
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 13,635 | 27.72 | +3.50 | 8 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 6,784 | 13.79 | +1.82 | 4 | +1 | |
| Stand Up Lanzarote–Yes We Can (Podemos–Equo–SSP)1 | 3,714 | 7.55 | −4.94 | 2 | −1 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 2,394 | 4.87 | −0.46 | 0 | −1 | |
| We Are Lanzarote–New Canaries–Broad Front (SomosLan–NC)2 | 2,336 | 4.75 | −8.70 | 0 | −3 | |
| Lanzarote Advances (LAVA)3 | 2,239 | 4.55 | −2.13 | 0 | −1 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 1,177 | 2.39 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| United for Lanzarote (UPLanzarote) | 713 | 1.45 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)4 | 641 | 1.30 | −0.66 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Everyone for Lanzarote (TPL) | 434 | 0.88 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Lanzarote Neighbourhood Force (FVL) | 316 | 0.64 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries Now (ANC–UP) | 124 | 0.25 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 46 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 734 | 1.49 | −0.82 | |||
| Total | 49,192 | 23 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 49,192 | 99.11 | +0.82 | |||
| Invalid votes | 441 | 0.89 | −0.82 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 49,633 | 51.85 | −0.63 | |||
| Abstentions | 46,082 | 48.15 | +0.63 | |||
| Registered voters | 95,715 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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Tenerife
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 119,810 | 31.07 | +2.45 | 11 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 118,901 | 30.83 | +10.28 | 11 | +4 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 48,629 | 12.61 | −6.81 | 4 | −2 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)1 | 36,216 | 9.39 | −4.50 | 3 | −2 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 24,215 | 6.28 | +0.76 | 2 | +1 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 8,677 | 2.25 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA) | 7,239 | 1.88 | −0.30 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 5,324 | 1.38 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)2 | 4,075 | 1.06 | −1.67 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) | 2,685 | 0.70 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Tenerife Socialist Group (ASTf) | 1,624 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries Now (ANC–UP)3 | 1,273 | 0.33 | −0.80 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Nivaria (Nivaria) | 1,185 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic Union of the Canary Islands (UDC) | 633 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 435 | 0.11 | −0.14 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Seniors in Action (3e en acción) | 408 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 300 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 4,016 | 1.04 | −0.78 | |||
| Total | 385,645 | 31 | +2 | |||
| Valid votes | 385,645 | 99.33 | +1.82 | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,619 | 0.67 | −1.82 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 388,264 | 58.43 | −2.10 | |||
| Abstentions | 276,213 | 41.57 | +2.10 | |||
| Registered voters | 664,477 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
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