2007 Canarian regional election

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2007 Canarian regional election
← 2003 27 May 2007 2011 →
All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 1,535,703 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6.7%
Turnout 940,852 (61.3%)
Red Arrow Down.svg3.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
  170x170px Paulino Rivero.jpg 170x170px
Leader Juan Fernando López Aguilar Paulino Rivero José Manuel Soria
Party Socialist Party of the Canaries CC–PNC People's Party of the Canary Islands
Leader since 28 October 2006 3 February 2007 16 July 1999
Leader's seat Gran Canaria Tenerife Gran Canaria
Last election 17 seats, 25.4% 23 seats, 36.3%[lower-alpha 1] 17 seats, 30.6%
Seats won 26 19 15
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9 Red Arrow Down.svg4 Red Arrow Down.svg2
Popular vote 322,833 225,878 224,883
Percentage 34.5% 24.1% 24.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg9.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg12.2 pp Red Arrow Down.svg6.6 pp
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Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Adán Martín
CC

 Elected President

Paulino Rivero
CC

The 2007 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th 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

Electoral system

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 30 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 six 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

The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.[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

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.

Color key:

      Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 322,833 34.51 +9.09 26 +9
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)1 225,878 24.15 –12.12 19 –4
People's Party (PP) 224,883 24.04 –6.57 15 –2
New Canaries (NCa) 50,749 5.43 New 0 ±0
Canarian Centre (CCN)2 46,676 4.99 +3.58 0 –3
The Greens (Verdes) 17,793 1.90 –0.08 0 ±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 8,512 0.91 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,558 0.70 –0.61 0 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)3 4,824 0.52 –0.50 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 2,539 0.27 New 0 ±0
Unity of the People (UP) 1,485 0.16 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 1,338 0.14 –0.05 0 ±0
Nationalist Maga Alternative (AMAGA) 1,079 0.12 New 0 ±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 1,073 0.11 New 0 ±0
Centre Coalition (CCCAN) 1,006 0.11 New 0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 888 0.09 New 0 ±0
Alternative Island (ISAL) 870 0.09 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 777 0.08 –0.06 0 ±0
Citizens' Union–Independent Progressives of Canaries (UC–PIC) 557 0.06 New 0 ±0
Commitment to Tenerife (CTF) 466 0.05 New 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 327 0.03 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 302 0.03 –0.01 0 ±0
Citizens' Initiative for Fuerteventura (ICF) 286 0.03 New 0 ±0
Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) 280 0.03 –0.02 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)4 244 0.03 –0.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 13,237 1.42 +0.14
Total 935,460 60 ±0
Valid votes 935,460 99.43 –0.01
Invalid votes 5,392 0.57 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 940,852 61.27 –3.35
Abstentions 594,851 38.73 +3.35
Registered voters 1,535,703
Sources[5][6][7][8]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 34.51%
CC–PNC
  
 24.15%
PP
  
 24.04%
NCa
  
 5.43%
CCN
  
 4.99%
Verdes
  
 1.90%
Others
  
 3.57%
Blank ballots
  
 1.42%
Seats
PSOE
  
 43.33%
CC–PNC
  
 31.67%
PP
  
 25.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PSOE CC–PNC PP
 % S  % S  % S
El Hierro 23.5 1 47.1 2 19.8 −
Fuerteventura 32.3 3 30.3 2 23.9 2
Gran Canaria 37.9 7 5.4 1 34.2 7
La Gomera 54.8 3 31.9 1 5.0 −
La Palma 28.2 3 46.2 4 17.0 1
Lanzarote 28.7 4 18.7 2 15.2 2
Tenerife 32.2 5 39.6 7 16.5 3
Total 34.5 26 24.1 19 24.0 15

Notes

  1. ↑ Results for CC (32.90%, 23 seats) and FNC (3.42%, 0 seats) in the 2003 election, not including FNC results in Lanzarote.

References

Opinion poll sources
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Other
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982, Organic Law No. 10 of 10 August 1982 Official State Gazette (in Español)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Parliament of the Canary Islands Elections Law of 2003, Law No. 7 of 20 March 2003 Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (in Español)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Official State Gazette (in Español)
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