Fuerteventura (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency) explained

Fuerteventura
Type:Parliament of the Canary Islands
Electoral
District Label:Island
District:Fuerteventura
Region Label:Autonomous community
Region:Canary Islands
Population:119,662 (2021)[1]
Electorate:74,128 (2023)
Towns:Puerto del Rosario
Year:1983
Seats:7 (1983–2018)
8 (2018–present)

Fuerteventura is one of the seven constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. The constituency currently elects 8 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Fuerteventura. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of fifteen percent in the constituency or four percent regionally.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provides for the seven main islands in the Canarian archipelagoEl Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 8 for Fuerteventura—7 until 2018—15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.[2] [3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarian citizens abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish; Castilian: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4] [5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1997 reform, the threshold was set at 20 percent; between 1997 and 2018, it was set at 30 percent—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties can also enter the seat distribution as long as they reach four percent regionally—three percent until 1997, six percent between 1997 and 2018.[2] [3]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Deputies

Deputies 1983–present
CortesElectionDistribution
1st1983
1231
2nd1987
1213
3rd1991
2122
4th1995
2122
5th1999
232
6th2003
223
7th2007
322
8th2011
232
9th2015
1231
10th2019
3131
11th2023
2132

Elections

2023 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 2023 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Canarian Coalition (CCa)19,771 25.73 +0.603 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)8,129 21.41 –4.542 –1
People's Party (PP)7,297 19.21 +5.372 +1
New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC)4,115 10.84 –0.391 ±0
Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)2,840 7.48 New0 ±0
Vox (Vox)2,287 6.02 +2.760 ±0
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)1,612 4.24 New0 ±0
United Yes We Can (PodemosIUC–SSP)2834 2.20 –5.870 ±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)278 0.73 +0.150 ±0
Blank ballots814 2.14 +0.28
Total37,977 8 ±0
Valid votes37,977 96.56 –0.93
Invalid votes1,351 3.44 +0.93
Votes cast / turnout39,328 53.05 –1.87
Abstentions34,800 46.95 +1.87
Registered voters74,128
Sources[10]

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)9,362 25.95 +8.523 +1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist PartyUnited (CCaPNC)19,066 25.13 –9.873 ±0
People's Party (PP)4,991 13.84 +0.261 ±0
New Canaries (NCa)24,051 11.23 +0.401 +1
Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSPEquo)32,518 6.98 –5.200 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)2,069 5.74 +1.640 ±0
Vox (Vox)1,176 3.26 New0 ±0
Fuerteventura Party (PF)954 2.64 New0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)4392 1.09 –0.300 ±0
Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos)387 1.07 New0 ±0
Federation Free Socialist Party (PSLF)224 0.62 New0 ±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)210 0.58 New0 ±0
Blank ballots672 1.86 +0.05
Total36,072 8 +1
Valid votes36,072 97.49 +0.35
Invalid votes930 2.51 –0.35
Votes cast / turnout37,002 54.92 –3.49
Abstentions30,374 45.08 +3.49
Registered voters67,376
Sources[11]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCaPNC)9,824 28.06 –5.673 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)6,103 17.43 +0.122 ±0
People's Party (PP)4,754 13.58 –6.831 –1
We Can (Podemos)4,264 12.18 New1 +1
United (Unidos)12,429 6.94 –5.900 ±0
New Canaries (NCa)2,347 6.70 –1.940 ±0
Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)1,447 4.13 New0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)1,436 4.10 New0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)603 1.72 New0 ±0
Canaries Decides (IUCLVUPALTER)2488 1.39 –1.120 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)345 0.99 New0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)265 0.76 –0.310 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)69 0.20 –0.040 ±0
Blank ballots633 1.81 –1.08
Total35,007 7 ±0
Valid votes35,007 97.14 +0.45
Invalid votes1,032 2.86 –0.45
Votes cast / turnout36,039 58.41 –3.56
Abstentions25,664 41.59 +3.56
Registered voters61,703
Sources[12]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN)111,380 33.73 –1.803 +1
People's Party (PP)6,885 20.41 –3.482 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)5,842 17.31 –14.972 –1
Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO)4,334 12.84 New0 ±0
Municipal Assemblies–New Fuerteventura–New Canaries (NCa)2,915 8.64 +6.630 ±0
The Greens (Verdes)847 2.51 –0.470 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)362 1.07 New0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)120 0.36 New0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)80 0.24 New0 ±0
Blank ballots976 2.89 +1.22
Total33,741 7 ±0
Valid votes33,741 96.69 –2.10
Invalid votes1,155 3.31 +2.10
Votes cast / turnout34,896 61.97 +0.99
Abstentions21,413 38.03 –0.99
Registered voters56,309
Sources[13] [14]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)10,814 32.28 +6.913 +1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC)110,135 30.25 –7.082 ±0
People's Party (PP)8,004 23.89 –8.572 –1
Canarian Centre (CCN)1,769 5.28 New0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes)999 2.98 +0.190 ±0
New Fuerteventura–New Canaries (NCa)673 2.01 New0 ±0
Citizens' Initiative for Fuerteventura (ICF)286 0.85 New0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)161 0.48 –0.300 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)105 0.31 New0 ±0
Blank ballots558 1.67 +0.39
Total33,504 7 ±0
Valid votes33,504 98.79 –0.38
Invalid votes409 1.21 +0.38
Votes cast / turnout33,913 60.98 –2.86
Abstentions21,702 39.02 +2.86
Registered voters55,615
Sources[15] [16]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)9,872 32.46 +11.363 +1
Canarian Coalition (CC)9,180 30.19 –4.492 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)7,714 25.37 –1.332 ±0
Independents of FuerteventuraCanarian Nationalist Federation (IF–FNC)2,171 7.14 –4.810 ±0
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes)847 2.79 New0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)236 0.78 –1.000 ±0
Blank ballots390 1.28 –0.15
Total30,410 7 ±0
Valid votes30,410 99.17 –0.13
Invalid votes254 0.83 +0.13
Votes cast / turnout30,664 63.84 +0.91
Abstentions17,367 36.16 –0.91
Registered voters48,031
Sources[17] [18]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)8,970 34.68 +3.343 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)6,907 26.70 –0.222 ±0
People's Party (PP)5,457 21.10 –5.442 ±0
Canarian Nationalist FederationIndependents of Fuerteventura (FNC–IF)3,092 11.95 +1.450 –1
Fuerteventura Popular Platform (PPF)533 2.06 New0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)460 1.78 –0.910 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)77 0.30 –0.090 ±0
Blank ballots371 1.43 +0.34
Total25,867 7 ±0
Valid votes25,867 99.30 ±0.00
Invalid votes182 0.70 ±0.00
Votes cast / turnout26,049 62.93 –7.35
Abstentions15,346 37.07 +7.35
Registered voters41,395
Sources[19]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)16,551 31.34 +3.752 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)5,626 26.92 +1.862 ±0
People's Party (PP)5,547 26.54 +21.052 +2
Nationalist Canarian PlatformIndependents of Fuerteventura (PCN–IF)22,194 10.50 –12.661 –1
Canarian United Left (IUC)563 2.69 New0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)113 0.54 New0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)81 0.39 –17.360 –1
Blank ballots227 1.09 +0.39
Total20,902 7 ±0
Valid votes20,902 99.30 –0.20
Invalid votes147 0.70 +0.20
Votes cast / turnout21,049 70.28 +2.15
Abstentions8,900 29.72 –2.15
Registered voters29,949
Sources[20]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Majorera Assembly (AM)4,906 27.59 –8.252 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)4,457 25.06 +9.272 +1
Canarian Independent GroupsIndependents of Fuerteventura (AIC–IF)4,118 23.16 +8.452 +1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)3,157 17.75 –9.251 –1
People's Party (PP)1976 5.49 +0.340 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST)46 0.26 New0 ±0
Blank ballots124 0.70 –0.05
Total17,784 7 ±0
Valid votes17,784 99.50 +0.28
Invalid votes90 0.50 –0.28
Votes cast / turnout17,874 68.13 –6.39
Abstentions8,361 31.87 +6.39
Registered voters26,235
Sources

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Majorera Assembly (AM)5,423 35.84 –0.173 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)4,085 27.00 +4.182 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)2,390 15.79 +1.951 ±0
Canarian Independent GroupsIndependents of Fuerteventura (AIC–IF)2,226 14.71 New1 +1
People's Alliance (AP)1780 5.15 –13.210 –1
Centre Canarian Union (UCC)114 0.75 New0 ±0
Blank ballots114 0.75 +0.75
Total15,132 7 ±0
Valid votes15,132 99.22 +0.67
Invalid votes119 0.78 –0.67
Votes cast / turnout15,251 74.52 +8.68
Abstentions5,215 25.48 –8.68
Registered voters20,466
Sources[21] [22]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Majorera Assembly (AM)5,551 44.99 n/a3 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)2,815 22.82 n/a2 n/a
People's Coalition (APPDPUL)2,265 18.36 n/a1 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1,707 13.84 n/a1 n/a
Blank ballots0 0.00 n/a
Total12,338 7 n/a
Valid votes12,338 98.55 n/a
Invalid votes181 1.45 n/a
Votes cast / turnout12,519 65.84 n/a
Abstentions6,946 34.16 n/a
Registered voters19,015
Sources

Notes and References

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  2. Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias . Organic Law . 10 . . es . 10 August 1982 . 12 September 2017.
  3. Ley Orgánica 1/2018, de 5 de noviembre, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias . Organic Law . 1 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 5 November 2018 . 6 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Reig Pellicer . Naiara . 16 December 2015 . Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote . cafebabel.co.uk . 17 July 2017.
  5. News: Araque Conde . Pilar . 8 June 2022 . El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero . es . Público . Madrid . 31 July 2022.
  6. Ley 3/1987, de 3 de abril, de Medidas Urgentes en Materia Electoral . Law . 3 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 3 April 1987 . 12 September 2017.
  7. Ley 7/2003, de 20 de marzo, de Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias . Law . 7 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 20 March 2003 . 12 September 2017.
  8. Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales . Royal Decree-Law . 20 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 18 March 1977 . 14 December 2019.
  9. Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General . Organic Law . 5 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 19 June 1985 . 30 January 2020.
  10. Gobierno de Canarias . Boletín Oficial de Canarias . 112 . 22 June 2023 . es . Resolución de 16 de junio de 2023, del Presidente de la Junta Electoral de Canarias, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones electorales de las elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias de 28 de mayo de 2023 . 1337687185 . 35383–35409.
  11. Web site: 2019 Election Results. Fuerteventura . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 24 January 2020.
  12. Web site: 2015 Election Results. Fuerteventura . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  13. Web site: Electoral Information System in the Canary Islands . es . www.gobiernodecanarias.org . Canarian Institute of Statistics . 30 September 2017.
  14. Web site: 2011 Election Results. Fuerteventura . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  15. Web site: 2007 Election Results. Fuerteventura . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 27 May 2007 . 12 July 2007 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  17. Web site: 2003 Election Results. Fuerteventura . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  18. Web site: Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 25 May 2003 . 24 September 2003 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  19. Web site: Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 13 June 1999 . 1 October 1999 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  20. Web site: Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 28 May 1995 . 18 August 1995 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  21. Web site: Election Results in the Canary Islands (1979-1987) . November 1987 . es . datosdelanzarote.com . Statistics and Documentation Center of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
  22. Web site: Number 75. Audit report on the regularity of electoral accounting derived from the elections held on June 10, 1987 . es . tcu.es . Court of Auditors . 8 December 2019.