Canarian parliamentary election, 1991
Canarian parliamentary election, 1991
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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 |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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 |
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| Island-level units won by PSOE (red), AIC (green) and AM (blue) |
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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 →
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| Party |
Vote |
Seats |
| Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
229,692 | 33.03 | 5.26 |
23 | 2 |
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Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) |
157,859 | 22.70 | 2.57 |
16 | 5 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
100,197 | 14.41 | 5.07 |
7 | 6 |
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People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] |
89,251 | 12.83 | 1.65 |
6 | ±0 |
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Canarian Initiative (ICAN)[lower-alpha 2] |
85,015 | 12.22 | 0.79 |
5 | 1 |
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Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) |
7,845 | 1.13 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Majoreran Assembly (AM) |
4,906 | 0.71 | 0.10 |
2 | 1 |
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Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI) |
4,090 | 0.59 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST) |
2,298 | 0.33 | 0.01 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens (LV) |
2,198 | 0.32 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) |
1,485 | 0.21 | ±0.00 |
1 | 1 |
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The People (LG) |
1,484 | 0.21 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PI) |
1,093 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens Ecologist-Humanist List (LVLE-H) |
1,092 | 0.16 | 0.01 |
0 | ±0 |
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Gran Canarian Island Group (AIGRANC) |
962 | 0.14 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Lanzarote Assembly (Tagoror) |
671 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
5,323 | 0.77 | 0.12 |
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| Total |
695,461 | 100.00 | |
60 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes |
695,461 | 99.27 | 0.43 |
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| 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 | |
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| Source: Argos Information Portal |
| Vote share |
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| PSOE |
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33.03% |
| AIC |
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22.70% |
| CDS |
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14.41% |
| PP |
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12.83% |
| ICAN |
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12.22% |
| PNC |
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1.13% |
| AM |
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0.71% |
| AHI |
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0.21% |
| Others |
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2.00% |
| Blank ballots |
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0.77% |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| PSOE |
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38.33% |
| AIC |
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26.67% |
| CDS |
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11.67% |
| PP |
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10.00% |
| ICAN |
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8.33% |
| AM |
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3.33% |
| AHI |
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1.67% |
Notes
References
