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2011 Canarian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands

Summary

Election in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands

Field	Value
election_name	2011 Canarian regional election
country	Canary Islands
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 Canarian regional election
previous_year	2007
next_election	2015 Canarian regional election
next_year	2015
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
majority_seats	31
opinion_polls	#Opinion polls
registered	1,580,359 2.9%
turnout	931,010 (58.9%)
2.4 pp
election_date	22 May 2011
image1	[[File:José Manuel Soria 2014 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	José Manuel Soria
party1	People's Party of the Canary Islands
leader_since1	16 July 1999
leaders_seat1	Gran Canaria
last_election1	15 seats, 24.0%
seats1	21
seat_change1	6
popular_vote1	289,381
percentage1	31.9%
swing1	7.9 pp
image2	[[File:Paulino Rivero.jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Paulino Rivero
party2	CC–PNC–CCN
colour2	FFD700
leader_since2	3 February 2007
leaders_seat2	Tenerife
last_election2	19 seats, 28.1%
seats2	21
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	225,948
percentage2	24.9%
swing2	3.2 pp
image3	[[File:José Miguel Pérez García 2010 (cropped).jpeg	170x170px]]
leader3	José Miguel Pérez García
party3	Socialist Party of the Canaries
leader_since3	20 March 2010
leaders_seat3	Gran Canaria
last_election3	26 seats, 34.5%
seats3	15
seat_change3	11
popular_vote3	190,028
percentage3	21.0%
swing3	13.5 pp
image4	[[File:Román Rodríguez 2017 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader4	Román Rodríguez
party4	New Canaries
leader_since4	26 February 2005
leaders_seat4	Gran Canaria
last_election4	0 seats, 6.5%
seats4	3
seat_change4	3
popular_vote4	93,634
percentage4	9.1%
swing4	2.6 pp
map_image	CanaryDistrictMapParliament2011.png
map_size	400px
map_caption	Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
title	President
before_election	Paulino Rivero
before_party	Canarian Coalition
after_election	Paulino Rivero
after_party	Canarian Coalition

2.4 pp

The 2011 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. 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 throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote ().

The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 30 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached six percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:

Seats	Constituencies
15	Gran Canaria, Tenerife
8	La Palma, Lanzarote
7	Fuerteventura
4	La Gomera
3	El Hierro

Election date

The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Parliament being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 27 May 2007, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 22 May 2011.

The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry 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 fresh election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed 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 were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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 of candidates.

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

Candidacy	Parties and
alliances	Candidate	Ideology	Previous result	Gov.	Ref.	Vote %	Seats
Socialist Party of the Canaries}}"		PSOE	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	[[File:José Miguel Pérez García 2010 (cropped).jpeg	50px]]	José Miguel Pérez García	Social democracy
Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}"		CC–PNC	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	Canarian Centre (CCN)
People's Party of the Canary Islands}}"		PP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	People's Party (PP)	[[File:José Manuel Soria 2014 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	José Manuel Soria	Conservatism
Christian democracy
New Canaries}}"		NCa	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	New Canaries (NCa)	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)	New Fuerteventura (NF)

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. 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.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	[[File:Logo PSOE Canarias.svg	25px	link=Socialist Party of the Canaries	PSOE]]	[[File:Logo CC.svg	27px	link=Canarian Coalition	CC]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2008-2015).svg
2011 regional election	22 May 2011		58.9	21.0
24.9
	31.9
9.1
		0.8
1.0
People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	7.0
title=Empate a escaños entre PP, PSC y CC	url=http://www.canariasahora.com:80/noticia/182147	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829034332/http://www.canariasahora.com/noticia/182147	url-status=dead	archive-date=29 August 2011	language=es	work=Canarias Ahora	date=14 May 2011	access-date=22 May 2020 }}	2–12 May 2011	2,820	?	26.9
25.8
	30.4
11.6
		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	3.5
title=El PP doblega al PSOE a siete días de la cita electoral	url=http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral	language=es	work=La Razón	date=15 May 2011	url-status=bot: unknown	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903131231/http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral	archive-date=3 September 2011 }}	3–10 May 2011	?	?	25.9
27.5
	27.9
?
		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	0.4
title=CC puede continuar en las islas con el pacto que da aire a Zapatero hasta 2012	url=https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2011/05/09/024.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=9 May 2011}}	9 May 2011	?	?		28.8
25.7
22.9
12.9
		–	–	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	3.1
title=Triple empate entre CC, PSOE Y PP en Canarias	url=https://www.antena3.com/especiales/elecciones-autonomicas-municipales/22m-2011/triple-empate-psoe-canarias_20110510574464164beb287180b52fe7.html	language=es	work=Antena 3	date=10 May 2011}}	9 May 2011	1,500	?	26.7
	28.4
27.7
6.0
–		–	–	Canarian Coalition}}; color:black;"	0.7
title=Barómetro electoral autonómico	url=http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/Eleccionesccaa.pdf	language=es	work=Celeste-Tel	date=9 May 2011 }}	13–20 Apr 2011	700	?	23.2
25.1
	30.3
8.5
–		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	5.2
title=PSOE y CC empatarían a diputados	url=http://www.canariasahora.com:80/noticia/180143	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504122603/http://www.canariasahora.com/noticia/180143	url-status=dead	archive-date=4 May 2011	language=es	work=Canarias Ahora	date=29 April 2011	access-date=22 May 2020 }}	5–17 Apr 2011	2,400	?	27.7
27.1
	30.6
9.2
–		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	2.9
title=Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2011. Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Estudio nº 2875. Marzo-Abril 2011)	url=http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es2875mar_A.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=5 May 2011}}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	1,797	?		30.2
23.9
27.3
5.1
–		1.7
0.8
Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	2.9
title=El Mundo 25-27 de Abril 2011	url=https://es.scribd.com/document/141982762/El-Mundo-25-27-de-Abril-2011	language=es	work=El Mundo	date=25 April 2011}}	7–12 Apr 2011	1,200	?	27.3
25.6
	33.6
6.0
–		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	6.3
title=El PP sería la primera fuerza, con una derrota del PSC	url=https://www.laprovincia.es/canarias/2011/04/02/pp-seria-primera-fuerza-derrota-psc/363029.html	language=es	work=La Provincia	date=2 April 2011}}	22 Feb–17 Mar 2011	2,806	?	26.9
24.6
	30.7
11.0
–		–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	3.8
title=El PP sería el partido más votado en Canarias, delante del PSOE y con CC de tercera fuerza, según un sondeo	url=http://www.europapress.es:80/islas-canarias/noticia-pp-seria-partido-mas-votado-canarias-delante-psoe-cc-tercera-fuerza-sondeo-20110312180502.html	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404232003/http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-pp-seria-partido-mas-votado-canarias-delante-psoe-cc-tercera-fuerza-sondeo-20110312180502.html	url-status=dead	archive-date=4 April 2011	language=es	work=Europa Press	date=12 March 2011	access-date=22 May 2020 }}	15–18 Feb 2011	3,600	?	28.0
25.7
	33.1
–	–	–	–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	5.1
title=CC gana las elecciones	url=https://es.slideshare.net/coalicioncanariadetelde/estudio-publicado-en-canarias-7	language=es	work=Canarias7	date=13 February 2011}}	1–9 Feb 2011	2,400	?	22.0–
23.0
	**30.0–
31.0**
29.0–
30.0
7.0–
8.0
–		–	–	Canarian Coalition}}; color:black;"	1.0
title=Coalición Canaria sigue teniendo la llave del archipiélago (El Mundo)	url=http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/coalicion-canaria-sigue-teniendo-la-llave-del-archipielago-el-mundo/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123004810/http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/coalicion-canaria-sigue-teniendo-la-llave-del-archipielago-el-mundo/	url-status=dead	archive-date=23 January 2011	language=es	work=Electómetro	date=7 January 2011}}	21–27 Dec 2010	1,200	?	27.6
25.2
	37.0
–	–	–	–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	9.4
OPMC Consultores	12–24 Jul 2010	3,600	60.1		31.7
20.5
28.4
	15.8
	–	–	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	3.3
60.1		33.1
22.7
29.6
6.7
5.2
0.8
–	–	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	3.5
title=Cuarta entrega de sondeos de El Mundo: Navarra, Aragón y Canarias	url=http://www.electometro.es/2010/06/cuarta-entrega-de-sondeos-de-el-mundo-navarra-aragon-y-canarias/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622053537/http://www.electometro.es/2010/06/cuarta-entrega-de-sondeos-de-el-mundo-navarra-aragon-y-canarias/	url-status=dead	archive-date=22 June 2010	language=es	work=Electómetro	date=2 June 2010}}	19–24 May 2010	1,200	?	30.7
22.0
	35.3
–	–	–	–	–	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	4.6
2009 EP election	7 Jun 2009		39.2	36.0
15.8
	40.8
–	–	–	1.6
1.2
People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	4.8
title=PEV-2009 MAYO	url=https://www.datosdelanzarote.com/Uploads/doc/20090601092446163PEVmayo2009-INFORME.pdf	language=es	work=KDK Creativa	date=1 June 2009}}	1 Jun 2009	2,550	60.5		33.6
23.1
27.4
9.8
6.9
0.8
–	–	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	6.2
2008 general election	9 Mar 2008		65.9		39.6
17.5
35.0
3.8
		1.2
0.4
Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	4.6
2007 regional election	27 May 2007		61.3		34.5
24.2
24.0
5.4
4.0
1.0
0.7
–	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	10.3

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
People's Party of the Canary Islands}}"		People's Party (PP)	289,381	31.94	+7.90	21	+6
Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}"		Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1	225,948	24.94	−3.16	21	+2
Socialist Party of the Canaries}}"		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	190,028	20.98	−13.53	15	−11
New Canaries}}"		New Canaries (NCa)2	82,148	9.07	+2.60	3	+3
Alternativa Sí se puede}}"		Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)3	19,020	2.10	+1.58	0	±0
Confederation of the Greens}}"		The Greens (Verdes)	18,831	2.08	+0.18	0	±0
Union, Progress and Democracy}}"		Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	9,069	1.00	New	0	±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria}}"		Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa)	7,382	0.81	−0.10	0	±0
Canarian United Left}}"		Canarian United Left (IUC)	6,818	0.75	+0.05	0	±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative}}"		Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	6,494	0.72	+0.45	0	±0
	Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC)	4,761	0.53	New	0	±0
Majorero Progressive Party}}"		Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO)	4,334	0.48	New	0	±0
	Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC)	2,750	0.30	New	0	±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"		Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,715	0.30	New	0	±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"		Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	2,368	0.26	+0.12	0	±0
	Party for Services and Public Employed (PSyEP)	1,993	0.22	New	0	±0
For a Fairer World}}"		For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,442	0.16	New	0	±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People}}"		Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	1,268	0.14	+0.05	0	±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"		Humanist Party (PH)	1,246	0.14	+0.06	0	±0
Unity of the People}}"		Unity of the People (UP)	1,133	0.13	−0.03	0	±0
Liberal Democratic Centre}}"		Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	1,018	0.11	New	0	±0
Canarian Social Democratic Centre}}"		Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC)	361	0.04	New	0	±0
National Democracy (Spain)}}"		National Democracy (DN)	314	0.03	±0.00	0	±0
Communist Unification of Spain}}"		Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	120	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots	25,017	2.76	+1.34
Total	905,959		60	±0
Valid votes	905,959	97.31	−2.12
Invalid votes	25,051	2.69	+2.12
Votes cast / turnout	931,010	58.91	−2.36
Abstentions	649,349	41.09	+2.36
Registered voters	1,580,359
Sources
{{hidden	ta1=left	title=Footnotes:	content={{ubl	1 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election, not including Canarian Centre results in Lanzarote.	2 New Canaries results are compared to the combined totals of New Canaries and Canarian Centre in Lanzarote in the 2007 election.	3 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative totals in the 2007 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP	CC–PNC	PSOE	NCa	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}"		Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}"		Socialist Party of the Canaries}}"
El Hierro	25.3	1	Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}; color:black;"	35.7	1	33.9	1
Fuerteventura	20.4	2	Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}; color:black;"	33.7	3	17.3	2	8.6	−
Gran Canaria	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	41.4	8	9.2	1	21.1	4	14.3	2
La Gomera	24.7	1	20.9	1	Socialist Party of the Canaries}}; color:white;"	44.9	2	4.2	−
La Palma	28.1	2	Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}; color:black;"	39.5	4	24.9	2	1.8	−
Lanzarote	22.4	2	Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}; color:black;"	34.8	4	17.2	1	13.6	1
Tenerife	25.6	5	Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}; color:black;"	36.6	7	20.2	3	4.7	−
Total	People's Party of the Canary Islands}}; color:white;"	31.9	21	24.9	21	21.0	15	9.1	3

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

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Reig Pellicer, Naiara. (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote".
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(19 June 1985). "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General".
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"2011 Election Results". Parliament of the Canary Islands.
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