Canarian regional election, 1991
Canarian regional election, 1991
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All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canaries
31 seats needed for a majority |
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| Registered |
1,136,767  13.4% |
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| Turnout |
700,541 (61.6%)
 5.9 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Jerónimo Saavedra |
Manuel Hermoso |
Lorenzo Olarte |
| Party |
PSOE |
AIC |
CDS |
| Leader since |
1977 |
1991 |
1983 |
| Last election |
21 seats, 27.8% |
11 seats, 20.1% |
13 seats, 19.5% |
| Seats won |
23 |
16 |
7 |
| Seat change |
2 |
5 |
6 |
| Popular vote |
229,692 |
157,859 |
100,197 |
| Percentage |
33.0% |
22.7% |
14.4% |
| Swing |
5.2 pp |
2.6 pp |
5.1 pp |
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Island-level units won by PSOE (red), AIC (blue) and AM (lightblue) |
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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 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 20% of the total vote in each district or above 3% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]
Results
Overall
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote |
20,279 |
2.92 |
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–2 |
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Majorera Assembly (AM) |
4,906 | 0.71 | –0.10 |
2 | –1 |
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Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI) |
4,090 | 0.59 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST) |
2,298 | 0.33 | +0.02 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens (LV) |
2,198 | 0.32 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) |
1,485 | 0.21 | ±0.00 |
1 | –1 |
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Party of The People (LG) |
1,484 | 0.21 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) |
1,093 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)3 |
1,092 | 0.16 | –0.01 |
0 | ±0 |
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Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) |
962 | 0.14 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Lanzarote Assembly (Tagoror) |
671 | 0.10 | +0.01 |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
5,323 | 0.77 | +0.12 |
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| Total |
695,461 | 100.00 | |
60 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes |
695,461 | 99.27 | +0.43 |
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| 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 | |
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| Source(s): Argos Information Portal, ISTAC, historiaelectoral.com |
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| Popular vote |
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| PSOE |
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33.03% |
| AIC |
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22.70% |
| CDS |
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14.41% |
| PP |
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12.83% |
| ICAN |
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12.22% |
| PNC |
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1.13% |
| AM |
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0.71% |
| AHI |
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0.21% |
| Others |
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2.00% |
| Blank ballots |
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0.77% |
References
