Canarian regional election, 2011

Canarian regional election, 2011

22 May 2011
All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canaries 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,580,359 2.8%
Turnout	931,010 (58.9%) 2.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Manuel Soria Paulino Rivero José Miguel Pérez García Party PP CC–PNC–CCN PSOE Leader since 16 July 1999 3 February 2007 20 March 2010 Last election 15 seats, 24.0% 19 seats, 29.2% 26 seats, 34.5% Seats won 21 21 15 Seat change 6 2 11 Popular vote 289,381 225,948 190,028 Percentage 31.9% 24.9% 21.0% Swing 7.9 pp 4.3 pp 13.5 pp
Island-level units won by PP (blue), CC (yellow) and PSOE (red)
President before election Paulino Rivero CC Elected President Paulino Rivero CC

The 2011 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th 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 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source					Oth.	Lead
22 May 2011	Regional Election	21.0	24.9	31.9	9.1	13.1	7.0
Exit polls
2–12 May	Demométrica	26.9	25.8	30.4	11.7	5.2	3.5
10 May	TNS-Demoscopia	26.7	28.4	27.7	6.0	11.2	0.7
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel[lower-alpha 1]	23.0	24.8	30.0	8.4	13.8	5.2
5–17 Apr	OPMC	27.7	27.1	30.6		14.6	2.9
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	30.2	23.9	27.3	5.1	13.5	2.9
22 Feb–17 Mar	Demométrica	26.9	24.6	30.7	11.0	6.8	3.8
15–18 Feb	Sigma-2	28.0	25.7	33.1		13.2	5.1
1–9 Feb	Perfiles[lower-alpha 2]	22.5	30.5	29.5	7.5	10.0	1.0
2011
21–27 Dec	Sigma-2	27.6	25.2	37.0		10.2	9.4
19–24 May	Sigma-2	30.7	22.0	35.3		12.0	4.6
2010
2009
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	34.5	24.2	24.0	5.4	11.9	10.3

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Canarias.

31 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source					Others
22 May 2011	Regional Election	15	21	21	3	0
Exit polls
2–12 May	Demométrica	16−19	17−19	16−19	6	0
10 May	TNS-Demoscopia	19−21	18−20	18−20	0−3	0
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel	16	20	21	2	1
5–17 Apr	OPMC	20−21	16−18	19−21	3	0
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	23	19−20	16−17	0−2	0
22 Feb–17 Mar	Demométrica	17−19	16−19	17−19	6	0
15–18 Feb	Sigma-2	16−21	19−20	20−24	0	0
1–9 Feb	Perfiles	17	22−24	18−20	1−3	0
2011
21–27 Dec	Sigma-2	17−18	18−22	21−24	0	0
12–24 Jul	OPMC	23	15	20	2	0
19–24 May	Sigma-2	20−23	14−17	22−24	0	0
2010
2009
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	26	19	15	0	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canaries election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	289,381	31.94	+7.90	21	+6
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1	225,948	24.94	–4.22	21	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	190,028	20.98	–13.53	15	–11
	New Canaries (NC)	82,148	9.07	+3.64	3	+3
	Citizens' Alternative Yes We Can (ACSSP)2	19,020	2.10	+1.58	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	18,831	2.08	+0.18	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	9,069	1.00	New	0	±0

Notes

References

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