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1991 Canarian regional election

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1991 Canarian regional election
← 1987 26 May 1991 1995 →
All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,136,767 Green arrow up13.4%
Turnout700,541 (61.6%)
Red arrow down5.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jerónimo Saavedra Manuel Hermoso Lorenzo Olarte
Party PSOE AIC CDS
Leader since 1977 1991 1983
Leader's seat Gran Canaria Tenerife Gran Canaria
Last election 21 seats, 27.8% 11 seats, 20.1% 13 seats, 19.5%
Seats won 23 16 7
Seat change Green arrow up2 Green arrow up5 Red arrow down6
Popular vote 229,692 157,859 100,197
Percentage 33.0% 22.7% 14.4%
Swing Green arrow up5.2 pp Green arrow up2.6 pp Red arrow down5.1 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Fernando Fernández Martín Antonio Fernández Viéitez Miguel Cabrera Cabrera
Party PP ICAN AM
Leader since 1991 1991 1983
Leader's seat Tenerife Gran Canaria Fuerteventura
Last election 6 seats, 13.2%[a] 4 seats, 13.2%[b] 3 seats, 0.8%
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change Blue arrow right0 Green arrow up1 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 89,251 85,015 4,906
Percentage 12.8% 12.2% 0.7%
Swing Red arrow down0.4 pp Red arrow down1.0 pp Red arrow down0.1 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Lorenzo Olarte
CDS

Elected President

Jerónimo Saavedra
PSOE

The 1991 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

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Electoral system

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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 President of the Government.[1] 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.

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 20 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 three percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.[1]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[2][3][4]

Election date

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The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Parliament were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 1991.[1][2][3][4]

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 snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Opinion polls

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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.

Results

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Overall

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← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
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)1 89,251 12.83 –0.33 6 ±0
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2 85,015 12.22 –0.98 5 +1
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 7,845 1.13 New 0 ±0
Majorera Assembly (AM) 4,906 0.71 –0.10 2 –1
Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) 4,090 0.59 +0.43 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 2,298 0.33 +0.02 0 ±0
The Greens (LV) 2,198 0.32 New 0 ±0
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 1,485 0.21 ±0.00 1 –1
Party of The People (LG) 1,484 0.21 New 0 ±0
Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) 1,093 0.16 New 0 ±0
The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)3 1,092 0.16 –0.01 0 ±0
Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) 962 0.14 New 0 ±0
Assembly (Tagoror) 671 0.10 +0.01 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,323 0.77 +0.12
Total 695,461 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 –5.86
Abstentions 436,226 38.37 +5.86
Registered voters 1,136,767
Sources[5][6]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
 
 33.03%
AIC
 
 22.70%
CDS
 
 14.41%
PP
 
 12.83%
ICAN
 
 12.22%
PNC
 
 1.13%
AM
 
 0.71%
AHI
 
 0.21%
Others
 
 2.00%
Blank ballots
 
 0.77%
Seats
PSOE
 
 38.33%
AIC
 
 26.67%
CDS
 
 11.67%
PP
 
 10.00%
ICAN
 
 8.33%
AM
 
 3.33%
AHI
 
 1.67%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency PSOE AIC CDS PP ICAN AM AHI
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
El Hierro 30.8 1 24.5 1 9.4 − 34.9 1
Fuerteventura 25.1 2 23.2 2 17.8 1 5.5 − 27.6 2
Gran Canaria 32.2 5 4.6 − 23.8 4 16.6 3 17.8 3
La Gomera 54.9 3 33.7 1 3.7 − 6.9 −
La Palma 33.8 3 29.2 3 7.4 − 18.5 1 10.5 1
Lanzarote 32.3 3 44.5 4 10.6 1 4.4 − 3.8 −
Tenerife 33.7 6 40.8 7 4.6 − 9.3 1 8.2 1
Total 33.0 23 22.7 16 14.4 7 12.8 6 12.2 5 0.7 2 0.2 1

Notes

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  1. ^ Results for AP (11.18%, 6 seats) and PDP–CC (1.98%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election.
  2. ^ Results for AC–INC (6.91%, 2 seats), ICU (6.10%, 2 seats) and UNI (0.19%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Within PP.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Within ICAN.

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b c "Seis comunidades dependen de pactos". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 1991.
  2. ^ a b c "Las elecciones de 26-5-91". CEPC (in Spanish). August 1991.
  3. ^ "Huida desde el centro". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
  4. ^ "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
Other
  1. ^ a b c d Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 10) (in Spanish). 10 August 1982. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Electoral Matters Urgent Measures Law of 1987. Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (Law 3) (in Spanish). 3 April 1987. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". www.juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Electoral Information System in the Canary Islands". www.gobiernodecanarias.org (in Spanish). Canarian Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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