1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 139 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildos election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	236,671	33.97	+4.40	51	+5
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	122,029	17.52	+0.19	13	±0
	People's Party (PP)¹	91,203	13.09	–0.71	14	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	83,237	11.95	–5.61	18	–12
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	82,539	11.85	–0.33	10	+2
	Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC)	15,573	2.24	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	15,096	2.17	+1.83	12	+10
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	13,492	1.94	+0.54	7	+2
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	7,571	1.09	New	0	±0
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	6,533	0.94	+0.10	7	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	3,558	0.51	New	0	±0
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	3,373	0.48	–0.05	3	–1
	The Greens (LV)	2,291	0.33	New	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,553	0.22	–0.17	4	–4
	Party of The People (LG)	1,406	0.20	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)³	1,222	0.18	+0.07	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,219	0.17	–0.01	0	±0
	Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)⁴	1,172	0.17	+0.10	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	1,041	0.15	–0.60	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	713	0.10	+0.02	0	±0
	Gomeran People's Union (UPGO)	45	0.01	–0.01	0	±0
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	n/a	n/a	–2.49	0	–1
Blank ballots		5,145	0.74	+0.12

Total		696,682			139	+2

Valid votes		696,682	99.27	+0.43
Invalid votes		5,143	0.73	–0.43
Votes cast / turnout		701,825	61.86	–5.32
Abstentions		432,765	38.14	+5.32
Registered voters		1,134,590

Sources^[1]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 elections. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left, Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left and Union of Left Nationalists in the 1987 elections. ³ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 elections. ⁴ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			33.97%
ATI			17.52%
PP			13.09%
CDS			11.95%
ICAN			11.85%
IGC			2.24%
PIL			2.17%
API			1.94%
PNC			1.09%
AM			0.94%
IF			0.48%
AHI			0.22%
Others			1.82%
Blank ballots			0.74%

Seats

PSOE			36.69%
CDS			12.95%
PP			10.07%
ATI			9.35%
PIL			8.63%
ICAN			7.19%
API			5.04%
AM			5.04%
AHI			2.88%
IF			2.16%

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	Majorera Assembly (AM)	Majorera Assembly (AM)
Gran Canaria	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)
La Gomera	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma	People's Party (PP)	La Palma Group of Independents (API) (PSOE in 1993)
Lanzarote	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1994)
Tenerife	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)

Islands

El Hierro

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,553	36.52	–28.53	4	–4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,362	32.03	+11.01	4	+2
	People's Party (PP)¹	851	20.01	+11.61	2	+1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)	478	11.24	New	1	+1

Blank ballots		8	0.19	–0.24

Total		4,252			11	±0

Valid votes		4,252	99.67	+0.05
Invalid votes		14	0.33	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		4,266	74.82	–1.99
Abstentions		1,436	25.18	+1.99
Registered voters		5,702

Sources^[1]^[2]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.

Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	6,533	35.99	–0.93	7	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,905	21.51	+9.93	4	+2
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	3,373	18.58	–4.83	3	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,357	18.49	–2.19	3	–1

	People's Party (PP)¹	871	4.80	+0.20	0	±0
Blank ballots		113	0.62	–0.03

Total		18,152			17	±0

Valid votes		18,152	99.38	+0.05
Invalid votes		113	0.62	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		18,265	69.62	–5.10
Abstentions		7,970	30.38	+5.10
Registered voters		26,235

Sources^[1]^[3]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.

Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	111,829	35.48	+8.12	12	+3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	59,228	18.79	–3.98	6	–1
	People's Party (PP)¹	58,206	18.47	–2.30	6	+1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	54,892	17.42	–0.86	5	±0

	Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC)	15,573	4.94	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	4,621	1.47	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	2,291	0.73	New	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	1,328	0.42	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)³	1,222	0.39	+0.15	0	±0
	Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)⁴	1,172	0.37	+0.21	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	1,041	0.33	–1.37	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	713	0.23	+0.06	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	603	0.19	New	0	±0
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	n/a	n/a	–5.63	0	–1
Blank ballots		2,451	0.78	+0.05

Total		315,170			29	+2

Valid votes		315,170	99.22	+0.73
Invalid votes		2,493	0.78	–0.73
Votes cast / turnout		317,663	62.63	–2.61
Abstentions		189,573	37.37	+2.61
Registered voters		507,236

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election. ³ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election. ⁴ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election.

La Gomera

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,399	57.13	+0.78	8	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)	3,097	32.77	+2.18	5	+1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)¹	567	6.00	–0.38	0	–1

	People's Party (PP)²	302	3.20	–1.25	0	±0
	Gomeran People's Union (UPGO)	45	0.48	–1.35	0	±0
Blank ballots		40	0.42	+0.03

Total		9,450			13	±0

Valid votes		9,450	99.73	+0.27
Invalid votes		26	0.27	–0.27
Votes cast / turnout		9,476	71.27	–0.71
Abstentions		3,819	28.73	+0.71
Registered voters		13,295

Sources^[1]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election. ² People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.

La Palma

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	13,492	33.08	+8.67	7	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,390	32.83	+6.33	7	+1
	People's Party (PP)¹	7,701	18.88	–7.74	4	–2
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	3,912	9.59	+0.06	2	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,165	5.31	–7.20	1	–1

Blank ballots		122	0.30	–0.13

Total		40,782			21	±0

Valid votes		40,782	99.45	–0.15
Invalid votes		225	0.55	+0.15
Votes cast / turnout		41,007	67.41	+0.49
Abstentions		19,828	32.59	–0.49
Registered voters		60,835

Sources^[1]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election.

Lanzarote

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	15,096	48.79	+39.84	12	+10
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,438	27.27	–6.69	6	–3
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,549	14.70	–23.14	3	–7

	People's Party (PP)¹	1,036	3.35	+0.10	0	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	964	3.12	–4.00	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	404	1.31	New	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	307	0.99	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		145	0.47	–0.19

Total		30,939			21	±0

Valid votes		30,939	99.63	+0.79
Invalid votes		115	0.37	–0.79
Votes cast / turnout		31,054	58.51	–7.84
Abstentions		22,019	41.49	+7.84
Registered voters		53,073

Sources^[1]^[7]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists and People's Alliance in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election.

Tenerife

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	122,029	43.91	+2.83	13	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	92,348	33.23	+1.07	10	±0
	People's Party (PP)¹	22,236	8.00	+1.78	2	+1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	21,726	7.82	+0.92	2	+2

	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	10,841	3.90	–6.67	0	–3
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	2,546	0.92	New	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	1,923	0.69	+0.30	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,219	0.44	+0.02	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	803	0.29	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,266	0.82	+0.27

Total		277,937			27	±0

Valid votes		277,937	99.23	+0.19
Invalid votes		2,157	0.77	–0.19
Votes cast / turnout		280,094	59.82	–8.98
Abstentions		188,120	40.18	+8.98
Registered voters		468,214

Sources^[1]^[8]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[HE-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[3] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[4] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[5] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[6] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[7] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[8] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1991. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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