Canarian parliamentary election, 1991

Canarian parliamentary election, 1991

26 May 1991

All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,136,767 9.8% Turnout 700,541 (61.6%) 3.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jerónimo Saavedra Manuel Hermoso Lorenzo Olarte Party PSOE AIC CDS Leader since 1977 1991 1983 Last election 21 seats, 27.8% 11 seats, 20.1% 13 seats, 19.5% Seats won 23 16 7 Seat change 2 5 6 Popular vote 229,692 157,859 100,197 Percentage 33.0% 22.7% 14.4% Swing 5.2 pp 2.6 pp 5.1 pp

Island-level units won by PSOE (red), AIC (green) and AM (blue)

President before election Lorenzo Olarte CDS Elected President Jerónimo Saavedra PSOE

The 1991 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 20% of the total vote in each district or above 3% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Canarian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	229,692	33.03	5.26	23	2
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	157,859	22.70	2.57	16	5
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	100,197	14.41	5.07	7	6
	People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1]	89,251	12.83	1.65	6	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)[lower-alpha 2]	85,015	12.22	0.79	5	1
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	7,845	1.13	New	0	±0
	Majoreran Assembly (AM)	4,906	0.71	0.10	2	1
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI)	4,090	0.59	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,298	0.33	0.01	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	2,198	0.32	New	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,485	0.21	±0.00	1	1
	The People (LG)	1,484	0.21	New	0	±0
	Left Platform (PI)	1,093	0.16	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist-Humanist List (LVLE-H)	1,092	0.16	0.01	0	±0
	Gran Canarian Island Group (AIGRANC)	962	0.14	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Assembly (Tagoror)	671	0.10	0.02	0	±0
	Blank ballots	5,323	0.77	0.12
Total		695,461	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		695,461	99.27	0.43
Invalid votes		5,080	0.73	0.43
Votes cast / turnout		700,541	61.63	3.77
Abstentions		436,226	38.37	3.77
Registered voters		1,136,767
Source: Argos Information Portal

Notes

References

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