La Palma (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency) explained
La Palma 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 La Palma. 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 archipelago—El 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
Elections
2023 regional election
Summary of the 28 May 2023 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Palma| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 | 18,756 | 42.42 | +11.47 | 4 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,551 | 23.87 | –3.30 | 2 | –1 |
| People's Party (PP) | 8,827 | 19.97 | –5.07 | 2 | ±0 |
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| Vox (Vox) | 1,340 | 3.03 | +1.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC) | 1,327 | 3.00 | –0.71 | 0 | ±0 |
| Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) | 1,036 | 2.34 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| United Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)2 | 874 | 1.98 | –4.36 | 0 | ±0 |
| Electoral Alternative Movement (MAE) | 778 | 1.76 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| More Canaries (+C) | 130 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 592 | 1.34 | +0.17 | |
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| Total | 44,211 | | 8 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 44,211 | 98.03 | –0.41 | |
| Invalid votes | 888 | 1.97 | +0.41 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 45,099 | 51.80 | +0.78 |
| Abstentions | 41,963 | 48.20 | –0.78 |
| Registered voters | 87,062 | |
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| Sources[10] |
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2019 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Palma| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 13,248 | 30.95 | +0.69 | 3 | ±0 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11,633 | 27.17 | +2.61 | 3 | +1 |
| People's Party (PP) | 10,720 | 25.04 | +0.30 | 2 | –1 |
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| Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)1 | 1,803 | 4.21 | –2.32 | 0 | ±0 |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 1,588 | 3.71 | +0.88 | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 1,377 | 3.22 | –1.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| Canarian United Left (IUC)2 | 912 | 2.13 | –0.46 | 0 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 766 | 1.79 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) | 263 | 0.61 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 500 | 1.17 | –0.63 | |
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| Total | 42,810 | | 8 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 42,810 | 98.44 | +1.21 | |
| Invalid votes | 680 | 1.56 | –1.21 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 43,490 | 51.02 | +0.71 |
| Abstentions | 41,750 | 48.98 | –0.71 |
| Registered voters | 85,240 | |
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| Sources[11] |
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2015 regional election
Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Palma| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) | 12,632 | 30.26 | –9.27 | 3 | –1 |
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| People's Party (PP) | 10,327 | 24.74 | –3.35 | 3 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,253 | 24.56 | –0.30 | 2 | ±0 |
| We Can (Podemos) | 2,725 | 6.53 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 1,830 | 4.38 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| New Canaries (NCa) | 1,180 | 2.83 | +1.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)1 | 1,080 | 2.59 | –0.50 | 0 | ±0 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 440 | 1.05 | +0.34 | 0 | ±0 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 366 | 0.88 | +0.54 | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) | 94 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) | 60 | 0.14 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 753 | 1.80 | +0.34 | |
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| Total | 41,740 | | 8 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 41,740 | 97.23 | –0.87 | |
| Invalid votes | 1,190 | 2.77 | +0.87 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 42,930 | 50.31 | –6.66 |
| Abstentions | 42,408 | 49.69 | +6.66 |
| Registered voters | 85,338 | |
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| Sources[12] |
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2011 regional election
2007 regional election
2003 regional election
1999 regional election
1995 regional election
1991 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Palma| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,809 | 33.82 | +7.64 | 3 | +1 |
| Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) | 11,906 | 29.16 | +3.56 | 3 | +1 |
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| People's Party (PP)1 | 7,553 | 18.50 | –1.52 | 1 | –1 |
| Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2 | 4,286 | 10.50 | –0.58 | 1 | ±0 |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,039 | 7.44 | –9.23 | 0 | –1 |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 84 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 154 | 0.38 | –0.07 | |
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| Total | 40,831 | | 8 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 40,831 | 99.39 | –0.16 | |
| Invalid votes | 250 | 0.61 | +0.16 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 41,081 | 67.50 | +0.63 |
| Abstentions | 19,784 | 32.50 | –0.63 |
| Registered voters | 60,865 | |
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| Sources |
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1987 regional election
Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Palma| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,994 | 26.18 | –5.83 | 2 | –1 |
| Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) | 9,771 | 25.60 | New | 2 | +2 |
| People's Alliance (AP)1 | 7,640 | 20.02 | –17.35 | 2 | –1 |
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| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 6,364 | 16.67 | +0.83 | 1 | ±0 |
| United Canarian Left (ICU)2 | 4,230 | 11.08 | –3.69 | 1 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 171 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
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| Total | 38,170 | | 8 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 38,170 | 99.55 | +1.01 | |
| Invalid votes | 172 | 0.45 | –1.01 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 38,342 | 66.87 | +4.13 |
| Abstentions | 18,998 | 33.13 | –4.13 |
| Registered voters | 57,340 | |
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| Sources[21] [22] |
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1983 regional election
Notes and References
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- Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias . Organic Law . 10 . . es . 10 August 1982 . 12 September 2017.
- 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.
- Web site: Reig Pellicer . Naiara . 16 December 2015 . Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote . cafebabel.co.uk . 17 July 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: 2019 Election Results. La Palma . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 24 January 2020.
- Web site: 2015 Election Results. La Palma . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
- Web site: Electoral Information System in the Canary Islands . es . www.gobiernodecanarias.org . Canarian Institute of Statistics . 30 September 2017.
- Web site: 2011 Election Results. La Palma . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
- Web site: 2007 Election Results. La Palma . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
- 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.
- Web site: 2003 Election Results. La Palma . es . parcan.es . Parliament of the Canary Islands . 30 September 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
