2019 Canarian regional election

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A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 26 May 2019 to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

RegisteredIsland: 1,719,640 Increase 3.5%
Regional: 1,720,724
TurnoutIsland: 904,369 (52.6%) Decrease 3.5 pp
Regional: 904,093 (52.5%)
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2019 Canarian regional election

 2015
26 May 2019
2023 

All 70 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
RegisteredIsland: 1,719,640 Increase 3.5%
Regional: 1,720,724
TurnoutIsland: 904,369 (52.6%) Decrease 3.5 pp
Regional: 904,093 (52.5%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ángel Víctor Torres Fernando Clavijo Asier Antona
Party PSOE CCa–PNC PP
Leader since 23 July 2017 12 September 2014 22 April 2016
Leader's seat Regional Regional La Palma
Last election 15 seats, 19.9% 18 seats, 21.8%[a] 12 seats, 18.6%
Seats won 25 20 11
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Island vote 258,255 196,080 135,722
Island % 28.9% 21.9% 15.2%
Island swing Increase 9.0 pp Increase 0.1 pp Decrease 3.4 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Román Rodríguez Noemí Santana Casimiro Curbelo
Party NCa Podemos–SSP–Equo ASG
Leader since 26 February 2005 1 April 2015 6 March 2015
Leader's seat Regional Gran Canaria La Gomera
Last election 5 seats, 10.4%[b] 7 seats, 14.5% 3 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 3 Steady 0
Island vote 80,891 78,532 6,222
Island % 9.0% 8.8% 0.7%
Island swing Decrease 1.4 pp Decrease 5.7 pp Increase 0.1 pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Vidina Espino
Party Cs
Leader since 2 March 2019
Leader's seat Gran Canaria
Last election 0 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 2
Seat change Increase 2
Island vote 65,854
Island % 7.4%
Island swing Increase 1.5 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands

President before election

Fernando Clavijo
CCa

President after election

Ángel Víctor Torres
PSOE

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The election saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Ángel Víctor Torres becoming the largest force in the islands. Together with New Canaries (NCa), the Yes We Can Canaries alliance led by Podemos and the Gomera Socialist Group (ASG), Torres was able to become regional president, sending Canarian Coalition (CCa) into opposition for the first time since 1993. Support for the People's Party (PP) shrunk, with the party obtaining its worst result since 1991.

Overview

Under the 2018 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 24 May 2015, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 2019.

Amendments in 2018 granted the regional president the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year after a previous one.[4] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the Parliament's reconvening, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[5]

The election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 26 May.[6]

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.[7][c] Additionally, non-resident citizens were required to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting (Spanish: Voto rogado).[9][10]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 75 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 70. All were elected in eight multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, as well as an additional constituency comprising the whole archipelago, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 15 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or four percent regionally.[11]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[12]

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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.[13]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.[14][15]

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Parliamentary composition in April 2019
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Canarian Nationalist Parliamentary Group (CC–PNC) CCa 16 18
AHI 2
Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 15 15
People's Parliamentary Group PP 12 12
We Can Canaries Parliamentary Group Podemos 7 7
New Canaries Parliamentary Group (NC) NCa 5 5
Mixed Parliamentary Group ASG 3 3
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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.[16] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[17]

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

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Campaign

Debates

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2019 Canarian regional election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[d]    NI  Not invited 
CCa–PNC PSOE PP USP NCa Cs Audience Ref.
10 May Cadena SER Miguel Ángel Rodríguez P
Clavijo
P
Torres
P
Antona
P
Santana
P
Rodríguez
P
Espino
[30]
15 May RTVC Roberto González
Pilar Rumeu
P
Clavijo
P
Torres
P
Antona
P
Santana
P
Rodríguez
NI 6.1%
(46,000)
[31]
[32]
23 May RTVE Nayra Santana P
Clavijo
P
Torres
P
Antona
P
Santana
P
Rodríguez
P
Espino
N/A [33]
24 May COPE Mayer Trujillo P
Clavijo
P
Torres
P
Antona
P
Santana
P
Rodríguez
P
Espino
[34]
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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; 36 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands (31 in the 2015 election).

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Results

Overall

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Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results
Parties and alliances Island constituencies Regional constituency Seats
Votes % ±pp Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 258,25528.88+8.99 264,22129.53n/a 25+10
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCaPNC)1 196,08021.93+0.09 209,15023.37n/a 20+2
People's Party (PP) 135,72215.18−3.41 130,61714.60n/a 11−1
New Canaries (NCa)2 80,8919.05−1.34 82,9809.27n/a 5±0
Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSPEquo)3 78,5328.78−5.76 76,4338.54n/a 4−3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 65,8547.36+1.42 62,1156.94n/a 2+2
Vox (Vox) 22,0782.47+2.27 22,1782.48n/a 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 10,0291.12−0.11 12,1661.36n/a 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)4 9,1151.02−1.18 8,5980.96n/a 0±0
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) 6,2220.70+0.14 3±0
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 5,0580.57New 6,2630.70New 0±0
Canaries Now (ANCUP)5 2,5150.28−0.34 3,1630.35n/a 0±0
More for Telde (+xT) 1,9850.22−0.15 0±0
Tenerife Socialist Group (ASTf) 1,5120.17New 0±0
Santa Cruz Common Sense (SCSC) 1,3790.15New 0±0
Nivaria (Nivaria) 1,1530.13New 0±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 9890.11−0.09 1,2000.13n/a 0±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) 9700.11New 7940.09New 0±0
Fuerteventura Party (PF) 9540.11New 0±0
Seniors in Action (3e en acción) 9110.10New 0±0
United for Lanzarote (UPLanzarote) 6570.07New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 5750.06−0.14 9790.11n/a 0±0
Democratic Union of the Canary Islands (UDC) 5220.06New 1,2480.14New 0±0
Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos) 3870.04New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3370.04New 0±0
Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) 2630.03New 0±0
Federation Free Socialist Party (PSLF) 2240.03New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) n/an/a−0.19 7820.09n/a 0±0
Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN) 4500.05New 0±0
Libertarian Party (P–LIB) 4360.05New 0±0
Blank ballots 11,1111.24−0.59 11,0891.24n/a
Total 894,280 894,862 70+10
Valid votes 894,28098.88+0.68 894,86298.98n/a
Invalid votes 10,0891.12−0.68 9,2311.02n/a
Votes cast / turnout 904,36952.59−3.50 904,09352.54n/a
Abstentions 815,27147.41+3.50 816,63147.46n/a
Registered voters 1,719,640 1,720,724
Sources[14][36]
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Popular vote (island constituencies)
PSOE
28.88%
CCa–PNC
21.93%
PP
15.18%
NCa
9.05%
SPC
8.78%
Cs
7.36%
Vox
2.47%
PACMA
1.12%
IUC
1.02%
ASG
0.70%
Others
2.28%
Blank ballots
1.24%
Popular vote (regional constituency)
PSOE
29.53%
CCa–PNC
23.37%
PP
14.60%
NCa
9.27%
SPC
8.54%
Cs
6.94%
Vox
2.48%
PACMA
1.36%
Others
2.67%
Blank ballots
1.24%
Seats
PSOE
35.71%
CCa–PNC
28.57%
PP
15.71%
NCa
7.04%
SPC
5.71%
ASG
4.29%
Cs
2.86%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency PSOE CC–PNC PP NCa SPC Cs ASG
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
El Hierro 31.5 1 35.4 1 18.2 1 5.0 3.7
Fuerteventura 26.0 3 25.1 3 13.8 1 11.2 1 7.0 5.7
Gran Canaria 28.3 5 11.7 2 16.5 3 17.7 3 8.9 1 8.9 1
La Gomera 20.7 1 9.1 4.4 4.0 6.6 1.7 52.1 3
La Palma 27.2 3 30.9 3 25.0 2 3.7 4.2 3.2
Lanzarote 28.4 3 32.0 3 12.7 1 5.3 8.1 1 5.6
Tenerife 30.2 6 29.2 5 13.5 2 2.0 9.6 1 7.0 1
Regional 29.5 3 23.4 3 14.6 1 9.3 1 8.5 1 6.9
Total 28.9 25 21.9 20 15.2 11 9.0 5 8.8 4 7.4 2 0.7 3
Sources[14][36]
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Aftermath

Government formation

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Investiture
Nomination of Ángel Víctor Torres (PSOE)
Ballot → 12 July 2019
Required majority → 36 out of 70 checkY
Yes
37 / 70
No
31 / 70
Abstentions
0 / 70
Absentees
2 / 70
Sources[14][37]
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Notes

  1. Results for CCaPNC (18.2%, 18 seats) and Unidos (3.6%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  2. Results for NCa (10.2%, 5 seats) and AMF (0.2%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  3. Amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated.[8]
  4. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  5. Within CCa.
  6. Within PSOE.
  7. Does not include non-resident citizens.

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