La Palma (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)
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La Palma is one of the seven constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. The constituency currently elects 8 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Palma. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of fifteen percent in the constituency or four percent regionally.
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| La Palma | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of the Canary Islands Electoral constituency | |
Location of La Palma within the Canary Islands | |
| Island | La Palma |
| Autonomous community | Canary Islands |
| Population |  85,104 (2024)[1] |
| Electorate | 87,062 (2023) |
| Major settlements | Los Llanos de Aridane |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Seats | 8 |
| Members | |
Electoral system
The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provides for the seven main islands in the Canarian archipelago—El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 8 for Fuerteventura—7 until 2018—15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.[2][3]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarian citizens abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4][5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1997 reform, the threshold was set at 20 percent; between 1997 and 2018, it was set at 30 percent—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties can also enter the seat distribution as long as they reach four percent regionally—three percent until 1997, six percent between 1997 and 2018.[2][3]
The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[6][7][8][9]
Deputies
Elections
2023 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 | 18,756 | 42.42 | +11.47 | 4 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,551 | 23.87 | –3.30 | 2 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 8,827 | 19.97 | –5.07 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 1,340 | 3.03 | +1.24 | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC) | 1,327 | 3.00 | –0.71 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) | 1,036 | 2.34 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)2 | 874 | 1.98 | –4.36 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Electoral Alternative Movement (MAE) | 778 | 1.76 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| More Canaries (+C) | 130 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 592 | 1.34 | +0.17 | |||
| Total | 44,211 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 44,211 | 98.03 | –0.41 | |||
| Invalid votes | 888 | 1.97 | +0.41 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 45,099 | 51.80 | +0.78 | |||
| Abstentions | 41,963 | 48.20 | –0.78 | |||
| Registered voters | 87,062 | |||||
| Sources[10][11] | ||||||
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2019 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 13,248 | 30.95 | +0.69 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11,633 | 27.17 | +2.61 | 3 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 10,720 | 25.04 | +0.30 | 2 | –1 | |
| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)1 | 1,803 | 4.21 | –2.32 | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 1,588 | 3.71 | +0.88 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 1,377 | 3.22 | –1.16 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)2 | 912 | 2.13 | –0.46 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 766 | 1.79 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) | 263 | 0.61 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 500 | 1.17 | –0.63 | |||
| Total | 42,810 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 42,810 | 98.44 | +1.21 | |||
| Invalid votes | 680 | 1.56 | –1.21 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 43,490 | 51.02 | +0.74 | |||
| Abstentions | 41,751 | 48.98 | –0.74 | |||
| Registered voters | 85,241 | |||||
| Sources[12] | ||||||
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2015 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 12,632 | 30.26 | –9.27 | 3 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 10,327 | 24.74 | –3.35 | 3 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,253 | 24.56 | –0.30 | 2 | ±0 | |
| We Can (Podemos) | 2,725 | 6.53 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 1,830 | 4.38 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 1,180 | 2.83 | +1.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)1 | 1,080 | 2.59 | –0.50 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 440 | 1.05 | +0.34 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 366 | 0.88 | +0.54 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) | 94 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) | 60 | 0.14 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 753 | 1.80 | +0.34 | |||
| Total | 41,740 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 41,740 | 97.23 | –0.87 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,190 | 2.77 | +0.87 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 42,930 | 50.28 | –6.68 | |||
| Abstentions | 42,446 | 49.72 | +6.68 | |||
| Registered voters | 85,376 | |||||
| Sources[13] | ||||||
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2011 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1 | 17,700 | 39.53 | –10.68 | 4 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 12,577 | 28.09 | +11.08 | 2 | +1 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11,133 | 24.86 | –3.33 | 2 | –1 | |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 795 | 1.78 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens (Verdes) | 678 | 1.51 | +0.86 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC) | 631 | 1.41 | +0.87 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 318 | 0.71 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 153 | 0.34 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Unity of the People (UP) | 77 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) | 66 | 0.15 | –0.35 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 652 | 1.46 | +0.68 | |||
| Total | 44,780 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 44,780 | 98.10 | –1.46 | |||
| Invalid votes | 869 | 1.90 | +1.46 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 45,649 | 56.96 | –5.52 | |||
| Abstentions | 34,487 | 43.04 | +5.52 | |||
| Registered voters | 80,136 | |||||
| Sources[14] | ||||||
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2007 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) | 23,002 | 46.16 | –4.57 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 14,046 | 28.19 | +5.12 | 3 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 8,479 | 17.01 | –6.42 | 1 | –1 | |
| Canarian Centre (CCN) | 2,017 | 4.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Initiative for La Palma–New Canaries (NCa) | 910 | 1.83 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens (Verdes) | 325 | 0.65 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC) | 269 | 0.54 | –0.55 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) | 248 | 0.50 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)1 | 149 | 0.30 | –0.39 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 388 | 0.78 | –0.22 | |||
| Total | 49,833 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 49,833 | 99.56 | +0.10 | |||
| Invalid votes | 218 | 0.44 | –0.10 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 50,051 | 62.48 | –1.06 | |||
| Abstentions | 30,060 | 37.52 | +1.06 | |||
| Registered voters | 80,111 | |||||
| Sources[15][16] | ||||||
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2003 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition (CC) | 24,022 | 50.73 | +3.45 | 4 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 11,094 | 23.43 | +2.14 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,923 | 23.07 | –3.96 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC) | 518 | 1.09 | –1.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) | 326 | 0.69 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 472 | 1.00 | +0.23 | |||
| Total | 47,355 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 47,355 | 99.46 | –0.14 | |||
| Invalid votes | 255 | 0.54 | +0.14 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 47,610 | 63.54 | +0.09 | |||
| Abstentions | 27,314 | 36.46 | –0.09 | |||
| Registered voters | 74,924 | |||||
| Sources[17][18] | ||||||
1999 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition (CC) | 21,106 | 47.28 | +1.68 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 12,068 | 27.03 | –0.37 | 2 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 9,502 | 21.29 | +1.25 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC) | 954 | 2.14 | –2.72 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 668 | 1.50 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 342 | 0.77 | –0.11 | |||
| Total | 44,640 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 44,640 | 99.60 | –0.01 | |||
| Invalid votes | 181 | 0.40 | +0.01 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 44,821 | 63.45 | –2.01 | |||
| Abstentions | 25,815 | 36.55 | +2.01 | |||
| Registered voters | 70,636 | |||||
| Sources[19][20] | ||||||
1995 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Canarian Coalition (CC)1 | 19,120 | 45.60 | +5.94 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11,489 | 27.40 | –6.42 | 2 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 8,401 | 20.04 | +1.54 | 2 | +1 | |
| Canarian United Left (IUC) | 2,037 | 4.86 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) | 512 | 1.22 | –6.22 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 369 | 0.88 | +0.50 | |||
| Total | 41,928 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 41,928 | 99.61 | +0.18 | |||
| Invalid votes | 164 | 0.39 | –0.18 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 42,092 | 65.46 | –1.91 | |||
| Abstentions | 22,212 | 34.54 | +1.91 | |||
| Registered voters | 64,304 | |||||
| Sources[21] | ||||||
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1991 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,809 | 33.82 | +7.64 | 3 | +1 | |
| Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) | 11,906 | 29.16 | +3.56 | 3 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP)1 | 7,553 | 18.50 | –1.52 | 1 | –1 | |
| Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2 | 4,286 | 10.50 | –0.58 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,039 | 7.44 | –9.23 | 0 | –1 | |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 84 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 154 | 0.38 | –0.07 | |||
| Total | 40,831 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 40,831 | 99.43 | –0.12 | |||
| Invalid votes | 235 | 0.57 | +0.12 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 41,066 | 67.27 | +0.40 | |||
| Abstentions | 19,977 | 32.73 | –0.40 | |||
| Registered voters | 61,043 | |||||
| Sources[22] | ||||||
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1987 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,994 | 26.18 | –5.83 | 2 | –1 | |
| Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) | 9,771 | 25.60 | New | 2 | +2 | |
| People's Alliance (AP)1 | 7,640 | 20.02 | –17.35 | 2 | –1 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 6,364 | 16.67 | +0.83 | 1 | ±0 | |
| United Canarian Left (ICU)2 | 4,230 | 11.08 | –3.69 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 171 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |||
| Total | 38,170 | 8 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 38,170 | 99.55 | +1.01 | |||
| Invalid votes | 172 | 0.45 | –1.01 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 38,342 | 66.87 | +4.13 | |||
| Abstentions | 18,998 | 33.13 | –4.13 | |||
| Registered voters | 57,340 | |||||
| Sources[23][24] | ||||||
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1983 regional election
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 13,069 | 37.37 | n/a | 3 | n/a | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11,193 | 32.01 | n/a | 3 | n/a | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,540 | 15.84 | n/a | 1 | n/a | |
| Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 5,166 | 14.77 | n/a | 1 | n/a | |
| Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | |||
| Total | 34,968 | 8 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 34,968 | 98.54 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 517 | 1.46 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 35,485 | 62.74 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 21,074 | 37.26 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 56,559 | |||||
| Sources[24] | ||||||