1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
The 1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 137 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.
Island Cabildo control
The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos.[1]
| Cabildo | New control | |
|---|---|---|
| El Hierro | width="1" bgcolor="Template:Independent Herrenian Group/meta/color"| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) |
| Fuerteventura | bgcolor="Template:Majorera Assembly/meta/color"| | Majorera Assembly (AM) |
| Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) |
| La Gomera | bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (AGI in 1983) |
| La Palma | bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (AP in 1983) |
| Lanzarote | bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) |
| Tenerife | bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (ATI in 1983) |
Islands
El Hierro
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Independent Herrenian Group/meta/color"| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,680 | 53.92 | n/a | 6 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 1,401 | 44.96 | n/a | 5 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic Coalition (CD) | 23 | 0.74 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 12 | 0.39 | n/a | |||
| Total | 3,116 | 11 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 3,116 | 99.58 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 13 | 0.42 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 3,129 | 54.21 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 2,643 | 45.79 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 5,772 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Fuerteventura
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Majorera Assembly/meta/color"| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,085 | 49.54 | n/a | 9 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 3,677 | 35.82 | n/a | 6 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic Coalition (CD) | 921 | 8.97 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 575 | 5.60 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 7 | 0.07 | n/a | |||
| Total | 10,265 | 17 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 10,265 | 99.57 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 44 | 0.43 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 10,309 | 64.80 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 5,601 | 35.20 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 15,910 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Gran Canaria
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 119,217 | 47.46 | n/a | 17 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union (UPC) | 50,998 | 20.30 | n/a | 5 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 32,241 | 12.84 | n/a | 3 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent Candidacy/meta/color"| | Neighbours' Assembly (AV) | 26,540 | 10.57 | n/a | 2 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 12,653 | 5.04 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Party of the Canarian Country/meta/color"| | Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) | 6,970 | 2.77 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic Coalition (CD) | 1,226 | 0.49 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 1,339 | 0.53 | n/a | |||
| Total | 251,184 | 27 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 251,184 | 97.90 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 5,382 | 2.10 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 256,566 | 68.44 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 118,322 | 31.56 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 374,888 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | UCD | UPC | PSOE | AV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Independent Candidacy/meta/color"| | |||||
| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Guía de Gran Canaria | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 61.5 | 3 | 17.1 | 1 | 14.1 | − | 1.3 | − |
| Las Palmas | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 45.4 | 3 | 25.2 | 1 | 13.9 | 1 | 6.3 | − |
| Telde | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 46.1 | 3 | 7.0 | − | 8.9 | − | 29.1 | 1 |
| Gran Canaria (at-large) | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.5 | 8 | 20.3 | 3 | 12.8 | 2 | 10.6 | 1 |
| Total | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.5 | 17 | 20.3 | 5 | 12.8 | 3 | 10.6 | 2 |
| Sources[2][3][4] | ||||||||
La Gomera
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 3,748 | 48.96 | n/a | 9 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 2,830 | 36.96 | n/a | 6 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 976 | 12.75 | n/a | 2 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union (UPC) | 91 | 1.19 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 11 | 0.14 | n/a | |||
| Total | 7,656 | 17 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 7,656 | 99.29 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 55 | 0.71 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 7,711 | 43.94 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 9,836 | 56.06 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 17,547 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
La Palma
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 19,785 | 65.01 | n/a | 15 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 6,218 | 20.43 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 4,290 | 14.10 | n/a | 2 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 141 | 0.46 | n/a | |||
| Total | 30,434 | 21 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 30,434 | 98.57 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 442 | 1.43 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 30,876 | 53.69 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 26,628 | 46.31 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 57,504 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | UCD | PSOE | PCE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | ||||
| % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Los Llanos de Aridane | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 72.0 | 4 | 15.9 | 1 | 11.8 | − |
| Santa Cruz de La Palma | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 58.9 | 3 | 24.4 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 |
| La Palma (at-large) | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 65.0 | 8 | 20.4 | 2 | 14.1 | 1 |
| Total | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 65.0 | 15 | 20.4 | 4 | 14.1 | 2 |
| Sources[2][3][4] | ||||||
Lanzarote
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 9,777 | 56.39 | n/a | 11 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 4,141 | 23.88 | n/a | 5 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Tagoror/meta/color"| | Assembly Independent Party (PIT) | 1,226 | 7.07 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent Candidacy/meta/color"| | Independent Group (GI) | 878 | 5.06 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union (UPC) | 669 | 3.86 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 608 | 3.51 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 40 | 0.23 | n/a | |||
| Total | 17,339 | 17 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 17,339 | 99.13 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 152 | 0.87 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 17,491 | 58.22 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 12,554 | 41.78 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 30,045 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Tenerife
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 89,575 | 47.53 | n/a | 16 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 46,328 | 24.58 | n/a | 7 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union (UPC) | 25,791 | 13.68 | n/a | 3 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic Coalition (CD) | 13,252 | 7.03 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 9,836 | 5.22 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| bgcolor="Template:Workers' Revolutionary Organization (Spain)/meta/color"| | Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) | 2,519 | 1.34 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 1,168 | 0.62 | n/a | |||
| Total | 188,469 | 27 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 188,469 | 98.49 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,880 | 1.51 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 191,349 | 48.36 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 204,330 | 51.64 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 395,679 | |||||
| Sources[1][2][3] | ||||||
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | UCD | PSOE | UPC | CD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | colspan="2" style="background:Template:Democratic Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | |||||
| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Granadilla | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 65.2 | 2 | 18.0 | − | 4.5 | − | 6.9 | − |
| Icod | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 55.8 | 2 | 22.9 | − | 7.1 | − | 4.2 | − |
| La Laguna | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 46.9 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | 14.6 | − | 7.9 | − |
| La Orotava | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.2 | 2 | 32.7 | 1 | 8.5 | − | 7.5 | − |
| Santa Cruz | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 40.5 | 1 | 23.1 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 7.0 | − |
| Tenerife (at-large) | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.5 | 7 | 24.6 | 4 | 13.7 | 2 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Total | style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;"| 47.5 | 16 | 24.6 | 7 | 13.7 | 3 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Sources[2][3][4] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Parliament of the Canaries and Island Cabildos elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j García Rojas, José Adrián (2003). Un caso de competencia electoral subestatal: la competencia electoral local en Canarias (1979-1999) (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología. pp. 117–216 (Appendix). ISBN 84-669-2290-3. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Election Results in the Canary Islands (1979-1987)" (PDF). datosdelanzarote.com (in Spanish). Statistics and Documentation Center of the Canary Islands. November 1987. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Real Decreto 118/1979, de 26 de enero, por el que se regulan las elecciones de los Cabildos Insulares del archipiélago canario. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Royal Decree 118) (in Spanish). 26 January 1979. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
