1987 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1987 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 3rd Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 137 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildos election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	196,817	29.57	–8.84	46	–5
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)¹	116,850	17.56	+10.92	30	+15
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	115,364	17.33	+8.84	13	+7
	People's Alliance (AP)²	78,662	11.82	–13.86	13	–21
	United Canarian Left (ICU)³	39,670	5.96	+1.78	5	+1
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)⁴	39,319	5.91	–1.29	3	–1
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	16,590	2.49	New	1	+1
	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	13,188	1.98	New	0	±0
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	9,329	1.40	New	5	+5
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	8,326	1.25	New	0	±0
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	5,606	0.84	–0.15	7	–2
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	4,970	0.75	New	0	±0
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	3,555	0.53	–0.07	4	–1
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,587	0.39	+0.06	8	+2
	Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL)	2,268	0.34	New	2	+2
	Union of Left Nationalists (UNI)	2,049	0.31	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,171	0.18	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	1,092	0.16	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	900	0.14	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	702	0.11	New	0	±0
	Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI)	582	0.09	New	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	512	0.08	–0.36	0	±0
	Republican Popular Unity (UPR)	466	0.07	New	0	±0
	Canarian Democratic Union (UDC)	388	0.06	New	0	±0
	Unified Left of the Canarian People (IUPC)	231	0.03	New	0	±0
	Gomeran People's Union (UPGO)	162	0.02	New	0	±0
	Liberal Canarian Party (PCL)	n/a	n/a	–4.44	0	–3
Blank ballots		4,151	0.62	+0.12

Total		665,507			137	±0

Valid votes		665,507	98.84	+1.13
Invalid votes		7,833	1.16	–1.13
Votes cast / turnout		673,340	67.18	+4.10
Abstentions		328,932	32.82	–4.10
Registered voters		1,002,272

Sources^[1]
Footnotes: ¹ Democratic and Social Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Democratic and Social Centre and Gomera Group of Independents in the 1983 elections. ² People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 elections. ³ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 elections. ⁴ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			29.57%
CDS			17.56%
ATI			17.33%
AP			11.82%
ICU			5.96%
AC–INC			5.91%
UCC			2.49%
PDP–CC			1.98%
API			1.40%
CNC			1.25%
AM			0.84%
IF			0.53%
AHI			0.39%
AIL			0.34%
Others			1.99%
Blank ballots			0.62%

Seats

PSOE			33.58%
CDS			21.90%
ATI			9.49%
AP			9.49%
AHI			5.84%
AM			5.11%
ICU			3.65%
API			3.65%
IF			2.92%
AC–INC			2.19%
AIL			1.46%
UCC			0.73%

Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos.^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Cabildo
El Hierro	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura	Majorera Assembly (AM)	Majorera Assembly (AM)
Gran Canaria	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Gomera	Gomera Group of Independents (AGI)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma	People's Alliance (AP)	People's Alliance (AP)
Lanzarote	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Tenerife	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)

Islands

El Hierro

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,587	65.05	+10.36	8	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	836	21.02	+1.64	2	±0
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	334	8.40	–17.21	1	–2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	203	5.10	New	0	±0

Blank ballots		17	0.43	+0.11

Total		3,977			11	±0

Valid votes		3,977	99.62	+0.40
Invalid votes		15	0.38	–0.40
Votes cast / turnout		3,992	76.81	+6.42
Abstentions		1,205	23.19	–6.42
Registered voters		5,197

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	5,606	36.92	–9.01	7	–2
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	3,555	23.41	–4.68	4	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,140	20.68	+13.63	4	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,758	11.58	+1.55	2	+1

	People's Alliance (AP)¹	699	4.60	–4.16	0	–1
	Unified Left of the Canarian People (IUPC)	231	1.52	New	0	±0
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	97	0.64	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		99	0.65	+0.51

Total		15,185			17	±0

Valid votes		15,185	99.33	+0.79
Invalid votes		102	0.67	–0.79
Votes cast / turnout		15,287	74.72	+8.58
Abstentions		5,172	25.28	–8.58
Registered voters		20,459

Sources^[1]^[3]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	80,175	27.36	–9.93	9	–3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	66,743	22.77	+17.55	7	+6
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	48,757	16.64	–11.00	5	–3
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)²	28,499	9.72	–0.59	3	±0
	United Canarian Left (ICU)³	25,081	8.56	+3.82	2	+2
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	16,493	5.63	New	1	+1

	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	12,112	4.13	New	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	4,970	1.70	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	4,555	1.55	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	900	0.31	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	702	0.24	New	0	±0
	Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI)	582	0.20	New	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	512	0.17	–0.46	0	±0
	Republican Popular Unity (UPR)	466	0.16	New	0	±0
	Canarian Democratic Union (UDC)	388	0.13	New	0	±0
	Liberal Canarian Party (PCL)	n/a	n/a	–9.90	0	–3
Blank ballots		2,135	0.73	+0.09

Total		293,070			27	±0

Valid votes		293,070	98.49	+1.70
Invalid votes		4,492	1.51	–1.70
Votes cast / turnout		297,562	65.24	+2.07
Abstentions		158,525	34.76	–2.07
Registered voters		456,087

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election. ³ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.

La Gomera

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,998	56.35	+18.63	8	+3
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)¹	2,713	30.59	–9.21	4	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	566	6.38	–1.17	1	±0

	People's Alliance (AP)³	395	4.45	–10.22	0	–2
	Gomeran People's Union (UPGO)	162	1.83	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		35	0.39	+0.13

Total		8,869			17	±0

Valid votes		8,869	99.46	+0.31
Invalid votes		48	0.54	–0.31
Votes cast / turnout		8,917	71.98	+9.52
Abstentions		3,472	28.02	–9.52
Registered voters		12,389

Sources^[1]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents results are compared to Gomera Group of Independents totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. ³ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

La Palma

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	10,172	26.62	–9.74	6	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	10,128	26.50	–4.53	6	±0
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	9,329	24.41	New	5	+5
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,782	12.51	–5.67	2	–2
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	3,640	9.53	–4.47	2	–1

Blank ballots		164	0.43	–0.01

Total		38,215			21	±0

Valid votes		38,215	99.60	+0.71
Invalid votes		155	0.40	–0.71
Votes cast / turnout		38,370	66.92	+5.32
Abstentions		18,970	33.08	–5.32
Registered voters		57,340

Sources^[1]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.

Lanzarote

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	9,587	37.84	+19.74	10	+6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,605	33.96	–14.03	9	–3
	Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL)	2,268	8.95	New	2	+2

	United Canarian Left (ICU)¹	1,222	4.82	+0.53	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	1,076	4.25	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	1,004	3.96	New	0	±0
	People's Alliance (AP)²	823	3.25	–16.62	0	–5
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	583	2.30	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		168	0.66	+0.17

Total		25,336			21	±0

Valid votes		25,336	98.84	+0.26
Invalid votes		297	1.16	–0.26
Votes cast / turnout		25,633	66.35	+7.27
Abstentions		13,001	33.65	–7.27
Registered voters		38,634

Sources^[1]^[7]
Footnotes: ¹ Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents results are compared to Gomera Group of Independents totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. ³ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

Tenerife

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	115,364	41.08	+20.54	13	+7
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	90,317	32.16	–9.50	10	–3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	29,682	10.57	+6.21	3	+3
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	17,482	6.22	–17.58	1	–6

	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)²	10,237	3.64	–2.58	0	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)³	9,161	3.26	+0.98	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	2,767	0.99	New	0	±0
	Union of Left Nationalists (UNI)	2,049	0.73	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,171	0.42	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	1,092	0.39	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,533	0.55	+0.16

Total		280,855			27	±0

Valid votes		280,855	99.04	+0.67
Invalid votes		2,724	0.96	–0.67
Votes cast / turnout		283,579	68.80	+5.45
Abstentions		128,587	31.20	–5.45
Registered voters		412,166

Sources^[1]^[8]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election. ³ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[HE-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[3] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[4] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[5] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[6] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[7] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[8] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. June 1987. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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