2023 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 2023 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 157 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

Opinion polls

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	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) (PSOE in 2023)
Fuerteventura	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Gran Canaria	New Canaries (NCa)	New Canaries (NCa)
La Gomera	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)
La Palma	People's Party (PP)	Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Lanzarote	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Tenerife	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Coalition (CCa)

Islands

El Hierro

← Summary of the 26 May 2023 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,574	26.36	+5.43	4	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,553	26.00	–0.85	3	–1
	Herrenian Assembly (AH)	1,249	20.91	–3.06	3	–1
	People's Party (PP)	865	14.48	+4.26	2	+1
	United Left–Gather Canaries (IU–Reunir)¹	477	7.98	+0.50	1	±0

	Vox (Vox)	85	1.42	New	0	±0
	Seniors in Action (3e)	78	1.31	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		91	1.52	+0.95

Total		6,118			13	±0

Valid votes		5,972	97.61	–1.70
Invalid votes		146	2.39	+1.70
Votes cast / turnout		6,118	70.26	–4.99
Abstentions		2,590	29.74	+4.99
Registered voters		8,708

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ United Left–Gather Canaries results are compared to El Hierro Can–Canarian United Left totals in the 2019 election.

Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)¹	10,681	27.84	+2.47	8	+1
	People's Party (PP)	7,184	18.72	+4.57	5	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,764	17.63	–5.45	5	–2
	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)	4,873	12.70	+1.86	3	±0
	Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)	3,611	9.41	New	2	+2

	Vox (Vox)	1,904	4.96	+2.12	0	±0
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	1,201	3.13	New	0	±0
	United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)²	763	1.99	–5.00	0	–2
	Platform for Fuerteventura (PxF)	502	1.31	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	276	0.72	–0.53	0	±0
Blank ballots		611	1.59	+0.17

Total		38,370			23	±0

Valid votes		38,370	97.38	–0.84
Invalid votes		1,033	2.62	+0.84
Votes cast / turnout		39,403	55.96	–0.73
Abstentions		31,008	44.04	+0.73
Registered voters		70,411

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2019 election. ² United Yes We Can results are compared to Yes We Can Canaries totals in the 2019 election.

Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)	90,385	24.44	–1.30	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	80,688	21.82	–2.71	8	±0
	People's Party (PP)	75,520	20.42	+2.60	7	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)¹	33,320	9.01	–1.67	3	±0
	Vox (Vox)	33,054	8.94	+6.46	3	+3

	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)	17,899	4.84	New	0	±0
	United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)²	12,404	3.35	–4.44	0	–2
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	6,521	1.76	New	0	±0
	Let's Talk Now (Hablemos Ahora)	4,232	1.14	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)³	3,845	1.04	–0.12	0	±0
	Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir)	1,972	0.53	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANC–UP–PCPC)⁴	1,301	0.35	–0.21	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	1,199	0.32	–6.61	0	–2
	Seniors in Action (3e)	1,074	0.29	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	430	0.12	+0.04	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,938	1.61	+0.57

Total		369,782			29	±0

Valid votes		369,782	99.58	–0.60
Invalid votes		5,340	1.42	+0.60
Votes cast / turnout		375,122	55.83	–0.38
Abstentions		296,737	44.17	+0.38
Registered voters		671,859

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–United for Gran Canaria totals in the 2019 election. ² United Yes We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Yes We Can Canaries and Canarian United Left in the 2019 election. ³ Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the 2019 election. ⁴ Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People results are compared to the combined totals of Canaries Now and Communist Party of the Canarian People in the 2019 election.

La Gomera

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	6,847	58.49	+1.01	11	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,774	15.15	+0.31	3	±0
	Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG)¹	1,663	14.21	+1.39	2	±0
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)²	701	5.99	+0.44	1	±0

	People's Party (PP)	411	3.51	–0.95	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	195	1.67	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		116	0.99	+0.33

Total		11,707			17	±0

Valid votes		11,707	98.24	–0.97
Invalid votes		210	1.76	+0.97
Votes cast / turnout		11,917	73.16	–2.98
Abstentions		4,372	26.84	+2.98
Registered voters		16,289

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Initiative for La Gomera results are compared to Yes We Can totals in the 2019 election. ² Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2019 election.

La Palma

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)¹	20,501	46.85	+16.95	11	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,016	20.60	–8.59	5	–2
	People's Party (PP)	8,833	20.18	–5.30	5	–1

	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)	1,178	2.69	–0.80	0	±0
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	916	2.09	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	808	1.85	+0.18	0	±0
	United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)²	800	1.83	–3.89	0	±0
	Electoral Alternative Movement (MAE)	771	1.76	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	408	0.93	–1.48	0	±0
	More Canaries (+C)	134	0.31	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		397	0.91	–0.12

Total		43,762			21	±0

Valid votes		43,762	98.64	–0.09
Invalid votes		602	1.36	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		44,364	69.08	+0.99
Abstentions		19,854	30.92	–0.99
Registered voters		64,218

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2019 election. ² United Yes We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Yes We Can Canaries and Canarian United Left in the 2019 election.

Lanzarote

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)¹	14,390	28.93	+1.21	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	14,321	28.80	+0.53	8	–1
	People's Party (PP)	8,531	17.15	+3.36	4	±0
	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)²	4,357	8.76	+4.01	2	+2
	Vox (Vox)	3,044	6.12	+3.73	1	+1

	United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)³	2,078	4.18	–4.67	0	–2
	Stand Up Lanzarote (LEP)	1,019	2.05	New	0	±0
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	951	1.91	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,042	2.10	+0.61

Total		49,733			23	±0

Valid votes		49,733	98.48	–0.63
Invalid votes		766	1.52	+0.63
Votes cast / turnout		50,499	50.18	–1.67
Abstentions		50,128	49.82	+1.67
Registered voters		100,627

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2019 election. ² New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front results are compared to We Are Lanzarote–New Canaries–Broad Front totals in the 2019 election. ³ United Yes We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Stand Up Lanzarote–Yes We Can and Canarian United Left in the 2019 election.

Tenerife

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	112,609	28.66	–2.17	11	±0
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)¹	107,614	27.39	–3.68	10	–1
	People's Party (PP)	78,820	20.06	+7.45	8	+4
	Vox (Vox)	28,008	7.13	+4.88	2	+2

	United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)²	17,820	4.54	–5.91	0	–3
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	16,977	4.32	New	0	±0
	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)	10,176	2.59	+0.71	0	±0
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)³	7,759	1.97	+0.59	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	3,068	0.78	–5.50	0	–2
	Democratic Union of the Canary Islands (UDC)	924	0.24	+0.08	0	±0
	Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANC–UP–PCPC)⁴	881	0.22	–0.22	0	±0
	Seniors in Action (3e)	879	0.22	+0.11	0	±0
	Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir)	863	0.22	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,463	1.65	+0.61

Total		392,861			31	±0

Valid votes		392,861	98.58	–0.75
Invalid votes		5,651	1.42	+0.75
Votes cast / turnout		398,512	58.25	–0.18
Abstentions		285,636	41.75	+0.18
Registered voters		684,148

Sources^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2019 election. ² United Yes We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Yes We Can Canaries and Canarian United Left in the 2019 election. ³ Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the 2019 election. ⁴ Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People results are compared to the combined totals of Canaries Now and Communist Party of the Canarian People in the 2019 election.

References

^ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias y a Cabildos insulares desde 1979" (in Spanish). Historia Electoral.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Resolución de 5 de julio de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 2023. Cabildos Insulares del Archipiélago Canario" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (112): 153988–153993. 22 June 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.

[1] "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias y a Cabildos insulares desde 1979" (in Spanish). Historia Electoral.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[All-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Resolución de 5 de julio de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 2023. Cabildos Insulares del Archipiélago Canario" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (112): 153988–153993. 22 June 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.

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