2019 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 2019 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th 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	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Fuerteventura	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AMF in 2021)
Gran Canaria	New Canaries (NCa)	New Canaries (NCa)
La Gomera	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)
La Palma	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PP in 2019)
Lanzarote	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tenerife	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PSOE in 2019)

Islands

El Hierro

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,695	26.85	+1.92	4	+1
	For El Hierro Electoral Group (AEPEH)	1,513	23.97	New	4	+4
	Independent Herrenian Group–Canarian Coalition (AHI–CCa)	1,321	20.93	–24.14	3	–3
	People's Party (PP)	645	10.22	–3.43	1	–1
	El Hierro Can–Canarian United Left (Puede.IUC)¹	472	7.48	–1.26	1	±0
	Frontera Union (UF)	320	5.07	New	0	±0

	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	179	2.84	–3.80	0	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	95	1.51	New	0	±0
	Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)	36	0.57	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		36	0.57	–0.40

Total		6,312			13	±0

Valid votes		6,312	99.31	+1.17
Invalid votes		44	0.69	–1.17
Votes cast / turnout		6,356	75.25	+0.46
Abstentions		2,090	24.75	–0.46
Registered voters		8,446

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]
Footnotes: ¹ El Hierro Can–Canarian United Left results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Canaries Decides in the 2015 election.

Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	9,321	25.37	–5.23	7	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,482	23.08	+5.50	7	+2
	People's Party (PP)	5,200	14.15	+2.26	4	+1
	New Canaries–Broad Front–Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (NC–AMF)¹	3,983	10.84	+0.29	3	+2
	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)²	2,567	6.99	–3.64	2	–1

	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	1,769	4.81	+1.88	0	±0
	Win Fuerteventura (PPMAJO–UP Majorero)³	1,725	4.69	–3.58	0	–2
	Fuerteventura Party (PF)	1,185	3.22	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	1,044	2.84	New	0	±0
	Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos)	486	1.32	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	461	1.25	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		522	1.42	–0.17

Total		36,745			23	±0

Valid votes		36,745	98.22	+0.82
Invalid votes		665	1.78	–0.82
Votes cast / turnout		37,410	56.69	–2.75
Abstentions		28,585	43.31	+2.75
Registered voters		65,995

Sources^[1]^[2]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ New Canaries–Broad Front–Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura results are compared to the combined totals of New Canaries–Broad Front–Independents of Fuerteventura and Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura in the 2015 election. ² Yes We Can Canaries results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. ³ Win Fuerteventura results are compared to Majorero Progressive Party totals in the 2015 election.

Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	94,576	25.74	–0.73	8	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	90,133	24.53	+9.98	8	+3
	People's Party (PP)	65,490	17.82	+0.29	6	±0
	Canarian Coalition–United for Gran Canaria (CC–UxGC)¹	39,243	10.68	–6.20	3	–2
	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)²	26,415	7.19	–6.20	2	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	25,474	6.93	+2.60	2	+2

	Vox (Vox)	9,127	2.48	+2.22	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	4,261	1.16	New	0	±0
	More for Gran Canaria (Más por Gran Canaria)³	2,761	0.75	–0.03	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)⁴	2,219	0.60	–0.86	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)⁵	1,471	0.40	+0.19	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	686	0.19	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	587	0.16	New	0	±0
	Roque de Gando (RDG)	521	0.14	New	0	±0
	Vote For Yourself (Vótate)	417	0.11	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	309	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,805	1.04	–0.36

Total		367,495			29	±0

Valid votes		367,495	99.18	+0.68
Invalid votes		3,045	0.82	–0.68
Votes cast / turnout		370,540	56.21	–5.44
Abstentions		288,635	43.79	+5.44
Registered voters		659,175

Sources^[1]^[2]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition–United for Gran Canaria results are compared to the combined totals of United for Gran Canaria and Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party in the 2015 election. ² Yes We Can Canaries results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. ³ More for Gran Canaria results are compared to More for Telde totals in the 2015 election. ⁴ Canarian United Left results are compared to Canaries Decides totals in the 2015 election. ⁵ Canaries Now results are compared to Canarian Nationalist Alternative totals in the 2015 election.

La Gomera

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	6,969	57.48	+7.29	11	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,799	14.84	–0.42	3	±0
	Yes We Can (SSP)	1,555	12.82	+3.63	2	+1
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	673	5.55	–0.70	1	±0

	People's Party (PP)	541	4.46	–3.84	0	–1
	New Canaries (NCa)	508	4.19	–4.81	0	–1
Blank ballots		80	0.66	+0.10

Total		12,125			17	±0

Valid votes		12,125	99.21	+0.79
Invalid votes		96	0.79	–0.79
Votes cast / turnout		12,221	76.14	–0.82
Abstentions		3,829	23.86	+0.82
Registered voters		16,050

Sources^[1]^[2]^[6]

La Palma

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	12,824	29.90	+0.47	8	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,519	29.19	–2.26	7	–1
	People's Party (PP)	10,928	25.48	+2.54	6	+1

	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)¹	1,557	3.63	–1.41	0	–1
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	1,495	3.49	+0.78	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	1,034	2.41	–0.54	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)²	896	2.09	–0.83	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	717	1.67	New	0	±0
	Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso)	321	0.75	New	0	±0
	Villages of Benahoare (PdB)	152	0.35	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		442	1.03	–0.46

Total		42,885			21	±0

Valid votes		42,885	98.73	+1.07
Invalid votes		552	1.27	–1.07
Votes cast / turnout		43,437	68.09	+1.42
Abstentions		20,353	31.91	–1.42
Registered voters		63,790

Sources^[1]^[2]^[7]
Footnotes: ¹ Yes We Can Canaries results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. ² Canarian United Left results are compared to Canaries Decides totals in the 2015 election.

Lanzarote

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,905	28.27	+9.14	9	+4
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	13,635	27.72	+3.50	8	+1
	People's Party (PP)	6,784	13.79	+1.82	4	+1
	Stand Up Lanzarote–Yes We Can (Podemos–Equo–SSP)¹	3,714	7.55	–4.94	2	–1

	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	2,394	4.87	–0.46	0	–1
	We Are Lanzarote–New Canaries–Broad Front (SomosLan–NC)²	2,336	4.75	–8.70	0	–3
	Lanzarote Advances (LAVA)³	2,239	4.55	–2.13	0	–1
	Vox (Vox)	1,177	2.39	New	0	±0
	United for Lanzarote (UPLanzarote)	713	1.45	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)⁴	641	1.30	–0.66	0	±0
	Everyone for Lanzarote (TPL)	434	0.88	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Neighborhood Force (FVL)	316	0.64	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)	124	0.25	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	46	0.09	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		734	1.49	–0.82

Total		49,192			23	±0

Valid votes		49,192	99.11	+0.82
Invalid votes		441	0.89	–0.82
Votes cast / turnout		49,633	51.85	–0.63
Abstentions		46,082	48.15	+0.63
Registered voters		95,715

Sources^[1]^[2]^[8]
Footnotes: ¹ Stand Up Lanzarote–Yes We Can results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. ² We Are Lanzarote–New Canaries–Broad Front results are compared to the combined totals of We Are Lanzarote and New Canaries–Broad Front in the 2015 election. ³ Lanzarote Advances results are compared to Lanzarote Independents Party totals in the 2015 election. ⁴ Canarian United Left results are compared to Canaries Decides totals in the 2015 election.

Tenerife

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	119,810	31.07	+2.45	11	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	118,901	30.83	+10.28	11	+4
	People's Party (PP)	48,629	12.61	–6.81	4	–2
	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–Equo–SSP)¹	36,216	9.39	–4.50	3	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	24,215	6.28	+0.76	2	+1

	Vox (Vox)	8,677	2.25	New	0	±0
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	7,239	1.88	–0.30	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	5,324	1.38	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)²	4,075	1.06	–1.67	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	2,685	0.70	New	0	±0
	Tenerife Socialist Group (ASTf)	1,624	0.42	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)³	1,273	0.33	–0.80	0	±0
	Nivaria (Nivaria)	1,185	0.31	New	0	±0
	Democratic Union of the Canary Islands (UDC)	633	0.16	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	435	0.11	–0.14	0	±0
	Seniors in Action (3e en acción)	408	0.11	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	300	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,016	1.04	–0.78

Total		385,645			31	+2

Valid votes		385,645	99.33	+1.82
Invalid votes		2,619	0.67	–1.82
Votes cast / turnout		388,264	58.43	–2.10
Abstentions		276,213	41.57	+2.10
Registered voters		664,477

Sources^[1]^[2]^[9]
Footnotes: ¹ Yes We Can Canaries results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. ² Canarian United Left results are compared to Canaries Decides totals in the 2015 election. ³ Canaries Now results are compared to Canarian Nationalist Alternative totals in the 2015 election.

References

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^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 2019. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 2019. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 2019. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 2019. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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