2011 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
# 2011 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 2011 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th 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.

## Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildos election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 276,284 | 30.44 | +6.61 | 47 | +16 |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 231,744 | 25.53 | –3.62 | 53 | –1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 186,644 | 20.56 | –10.90 | 43 | –12 |
| | New Canaries (NCa) | 62,430 | 6.88 | +0.70 | 5 | –1 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 25,941 | 2.86 | +1.34 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 19,992 | 2.20 | +0.97 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative $(ACSSP)^2$ | 19,945 | 2.20 | +1.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 9,035 | 1.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) | 7,685 | 0.85 | –0.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) | 6,945 | 0.77 | +0.49 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA) | 6,847 | 0.75 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 5,459 | 0.60 | –0.49 | 3 | –3 |
| | Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) | 5,191 | 0.57 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) | 4,687 | 0.52 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) | 2,494 | 0.27 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Independent Centre of the Canaries (CICAN) | 2,354 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 2,329 | 0.26 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) | 2,206 | 0.24 | +0.04 | 1 | +1 |
| | United Neighbors (VU) | 1,382 | 0.15 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 1,231 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Unity of the People (UP) | 1,133 | 0.12 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 876 | 0.10 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Managers for Lanzarote (GPL) | 590 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) | 461 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Democracy (DN) | 416 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC) | 159 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | HeroNeo Citizen Forum (FCHN) | 80 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 60 | 0.01 | –0.07 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 23,127 | 2.55 | +1.12 | | |
| Total | Total | 907,727 | | | 157 | +4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 907,727 | 97.38 | –1.99 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 24,459 | 2.62 | +1.99 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 932,186 | 63.22 | +1.88 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 542,283 | 36.78 | –1.88 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,474,469 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 $elections.^2$ Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to the combined totals of Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative and Canarian Popular Alternative in the 2007 elections. |||||||

Popular vote

PP

30.44%

CC–PNC–CCN

25.53%

PSOE

20.56%

NCa

6.88%

IUC

2.86%

Verdes

2.20%

ACSSP

2.20%

UPyD

1.00%

PIL

0.60%

PPMAJO

0.52%

AMF

0.27%

AC25M

0.24%

Others

4.16%

Blank ballots

2.55% :

Seats

CC–PNC–CCN

33.76%

PP

29.94%

PSOE

27.39%

NCa

3.18%

PIL

1.91%

PPMAJO

1.91%

AMF

1.27%

AC25M

0.64% :

## Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

| Cabildo | Previous control | New control |
| - | - | - |
| El Hierro | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) (PSOE in 2011) |
| Fuerteventura | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) |
| Gran Canaria | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Party (PP) |
| La Gomera | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (ASG in 2015) |
| La Palma | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) (PSOE in 2013) |
| Lanzarote | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) |
| Tenerife | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) | Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) |

## Islands

### El Hierro

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Independent Herrenian Group–Canarian Coalition $(AHI–CC)^1$ | 2,398 | 39.43 | –15.08 | 6 | –1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 2,187 | 35.96 | +16.12 | 5 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 1,194 | 19.63 | +1.96 | 2 | ±0 |
| | El Hierro Initiative–Canarian United Left (IpH–IUC) | 104 | 1.71 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | HeroNeo Citizen Forum (FCHN) | 80 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 60 | 0.99 | –5.59 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 58 | 0.95 | –0.45 | | |
| Total | Total | 6,081 | | | 13 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,081 | 98.97 | +0.17 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 63 | 1.03 | –0.17 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 6,144 | 75.68 | +11.46 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,974 | 24.32 | –11.46 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 8,118 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Independent Herrenian Group–Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of and Independent Herrenian Group–Canarian Coalition and Canarian Centre in the 2011 election. |||||||

### Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 12,209 | 36.00 | –8.68 | 9 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 6,134 | 18.09 | –5.45 | 5 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 5,046 | 14.88 | –9.17 | 4 | –2 |
| | Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) | 4,687 | 13.82 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) | 2,494 | 7.35 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | New Fuerteventura–New Canaries (NCa) | 1,216 | 3.59 | +1.91 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 675 | 1.99 | –2.34 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 353 | 1.04 | +0.60 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 314 | 0.93 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 788 | 2.32 | +1.04 | | |
| Total | Total | 33,916 | | | 23 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,916 | 97.04 | –1.92 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,033 | 2.96 | +1.92 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 34,949 | 64.10 | +2.30 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 19,574 | 35.90 | –2.30 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 54,523 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre–Independents of Fuerteventura in the 2007 election. |||||||

### Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 146,498 | 38.78 | +3.92 | 14 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 78,348 | 20.74 | –13.17 | 7 | –5 |
| | New Canaries–New Gran Canaria (NCa) | 57,925 | 15.33 | +2.07 | 5 | +1 |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 34,912 | 9.24 | +0.25 | 3 | +2 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 10,290 | 2.72 | +0.19 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) | 7,685 | 2.03 | –0.51 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA) | 6,847 | 1.81 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 5,522 | 1.46 | +0.85 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) | 5,191 | 1.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 4,623 | 1.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative $(ACSSP)^2$ | 2,568 | 0.68 | +0.51 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) | 1,630 | 0.43 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Neighbors (VU) | 1,382 | 0.37 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 1,175 | 0.31 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Unity of the People (UP) | 1,133 | 0.30 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 540 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Democracy (DN) | 416 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 11,085 | 2.93 | +1.51 | | |
| Total | Total | 377,770 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 377,770 | 96.86 | –2.50 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 12,243 | 3.14 | +2.50 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 390,013 | 62.26 | –0.90 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 236,408 | 37.74 | +0.90 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 626,421 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 $election.^2$ Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Canarian Popular Alternative totals in the 2007 election. |||||||

### La Gomera

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 6,450 | 52.13 | –14.70 | 10 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 3,282 | 26.53 | +24.06 | 5 | +5 |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 1,564 | 12.64 | –16.81 | 2 | –3 |
| | New Canaries (NCa) | 514 | 4.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 431 | 3.48 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 132 | 1.07 | –0.17 | | |
| Total | Total | 12,373 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,373 | 98.31 | –0.16 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 213 | 1.69 | +0.16 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 12,586 | 78.09 | +15.57 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 3,532 | 21.91 | –15.57 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 16,118 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election. |||||||

### La Palma

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 17,761 | 39.65 | –11.47 | 9 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 12,645 | 28.23 | +11.57 | 6 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,967 | 24.48 | –2.76 | 6 | ±0 |
| | New Canaries (NCa) | 984 | 2.20 | –0.96 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 853 | 1.90 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 651 | 1.45 | +0.48 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 323 | 0.72 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 612 | 1.37 | +0.52 | | |
| Total | Total | 44,796 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,796 | 98.05 | –1.32 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 893 | 1.95 | +1.32 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 45,689 | 71.11 | +9.10 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,559 | 28.89 | –9.10 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 64,248 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election. |||||||

### Lanzarote

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 13,418 | 31.26 | +6.89 | 9 | +3 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 9,592 | 22.34 | +10.15 | 6 | +3 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 6,726 | 15.67 | –8.02 | 4 | –2 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 5,459 | 12.72 | –9.88 | 3 | –3 |
| | 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) | 2,206 | 5.14 | +0.92 | 1 | +1 |
| | Nationalist Party of Lanzarote–New Canaries–Option for Lanzarote (NCa) | 1,791 | 4.17 | –2.65 | 0 | –2 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 783 | 1.82 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Managers for Lanzarote (GPL) | 590 | 1.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 399 | 0.93 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC) | 159 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,804 | 4.20 | +1.66 | | |
| Total | Total | 42,927 | | | 23 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,927 | 96.43 | –2.90 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,591 | 3.57 | +2.90 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 44,518 | 54.86 | –1.44 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 36,630 | 45.14 | +1.44 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 81,148 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition, Canarian Centre and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 2007 election. |||||||

### Tenerife

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre $(CC–PNC–CCN)^1$ | 149,482 | 38.34 | –7.50 | 15 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 96,939 | 24.86 | +9.16 | 9 | +4 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 76,920 | 19.73 | –10.25 | 7 | –3 |
| | United Left–The Greens–Socialists for Tenerife (IU–LV–SxTF) | 18,528 | 4.75 | +2.91 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative (ASSPPT) | 17,377 | 4.46 | +2.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (Verdes) | 7,743 | 1.99 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) | 5,315 | 1.36 | +0.70 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 3,376 | 0.87 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Centre of the Canaries (CICAN) | 2,354 | 0.60 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 1,154 | 0.30 | +0.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 876 | 0.22 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 691 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) | 461 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 8,648 | 2.22 | +0.82 | | |
| Total | Total | 389,864 | | | 31 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 389,864 | 97.89 | –1.57 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,423 | 2.11 | +1.57 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 398,287 | 63.84 | +3.83 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 225,606 | 36.16 | –3.83 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 623,893 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election. |||||||
