Canarian parliamentary election, 2007

Canarian parliamentary election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,537,139 6.8% Turnout 940,852 (61.2%) 3.4 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Fernando López Aguilar Paulino Rivero José Manuel Soria Party PSOE CC PP Leader since 28 October 2006 3 February 2007 16 July 1999 Last election 17 seats, 25.4% 23 seats, 32.9% 17 seats, 30.6% Seats won 26 19 15 Seat change 9 4 2 Popular vote 322,833 226,122 224,883 Percentage 34.5% 24.2% 24.0% Swing 9.1 pp 8.7 pp 6.6 pp

Island-level units won by PSOE (red) and CC (yellow)

President before election Adán Martín CC Elected President Paulino Rivero CC

The 2007 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th 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 30% of the total vote in each district or above 6% 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 27 May 2007 Canarian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	322,833	34.51	9.09	26	9
	Canarian Coalition-Canarian Nationalist Party (CC-PNC)	226,122	24.17	8.73	19	4
	People's Party (PP)	224,883	24.04	6.57	15	2
	New Canarias (NCa)	50,749	5.43	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	46,676	4.99	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	17,793	1.90	0.08	0	±0
	Commitment for Gran Canaria (CGC)	8,512	0.91	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	6,558	0.70	0.61	0	±0
	Canarian People's Alternative-25 May Citizen Alternative (APCa-AC25M)	4,824	0.52	0.50	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	2,539	0.27	New	0	±0
	Unity of the People (UP)	1,485	0.16	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC-PCPE)	1,338	0.14	0.05	0	±0
	Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA)	1,079	0.12	New	0	±0
	Gran Canaria Party (PGC)	1,073	0.11	New	0	±0
	Centre Coalition (CCCAN)	1,006	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		4,753	0.51	–	0	3
	Alternative Island (ISAL)	870	0.09	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	777	0.08	0.06	0	±0
	Canarian People's Unity Movement (MUPC)	584	0.06	New	0	±0
	Citizen Union, Independent Progresists of Canarias (UC)	557	0.06	New	0	±0
	Commitment for Tenerife (CTF)	466	0.05	New	0	±0
	The Falange (FE)	327	0.03	New	0	±0
	People's Unity Movement (MUP)	304	0.03	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	302	0.03	0.01	0	±0
	Citizen Initiative for Fuerteventura (ICF)	286	0.03	New	0	±0
	Canarian Pensionist Tagoror (TPC)	280	0.03	0.02	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	N/A	N/A	4.83	0	3

	Blank ballots	13,237	1.42	0.14
Total		935,460	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		935,460	99.43	0.01
Invalid votes		5,392	0.57	0.01
Votes cast / turnout		940,852	61.21	3.41
Abstentions		596,287	38.79	3.41
Registered voters		1,537,139
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE			34.51%
CC-PNC			24.17%
PP			24.04%
NCa			5.43%
CCN			4.99%
LV			1.90%
Others			3.55%
Blank ballots			1.42%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			43.33%
CC-PNC			31.67%
PP			25.00%

References

1. "Organic Law 10/1982, of 10 August, of the Statute of Autonomy of Canarias".