Elections to the Canary Islands Parliament, 2011
Elections to the Canary Islands Parliament, 2011
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The 2011 elections to the Canary Islands Parliament were the eighth elections to the Canary Islands Parliament, the regional parliament for the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands.
The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 59 members of the parliament in seven electoral districts corresponding to the islands of Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.[1] In order to be eligible for seats, lists had to poll 6% or more in the entire Canary Islands, receive 30% or more of the votes or be the most voted for party in one of the islands.[1] Seats were then be allocated on an insular basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. The elected members will elect the President of the Canary Islands. The incumbent, Paulino Rivero of the Canarian Coalition, is seeking re-election.
Electoral districts
The number of members elected for each island was as follows:
Results
e • d Summary of the 22 May 2011 Canarian Parliament election results
Party |
Ideology |
Votes |
Vote % |
Seats |
Seats ± |
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People's Party |
Liberal conservatism |
288,807 |
31.84 |
21 |
+6 |
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Canarian Coalition |
Canarian nationalism |
225,757 |
24.89 |
21 |
+2[A] |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Social democracy |
190,310 |
20.98 |
15 |
–11 |
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New Canaries |
Canarian nationalism |
82,318 |
9.08 |
3 |
+3 |
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Agrupación Herreña Independiente |
Canarian nationalism |
2,163 |
0.24 |
1 |
-1[B] |
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Alternative, Yes You Can for Tenerife |
Socialism |
19,372 |
2.14 |
0 |
N/A |
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Canarian Greens |
Green politics |
18,777 |
2.07 |
0 |
±0 |
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Others |
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56,392 |
6.40 |
0 |
N/A |
Total (turnout 61.21%) |
881,733 |
100 |
60 |
– |
^A Compared to CC–PNC and CC–AHI
Source: El Pais |
^B In Coalition with Canarian Coalition
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References
Preceded by
2007 Elections |
'Elections to the Canary Islands Parliament' |
Succeeded by
2015 Elections |