1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
The 1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd 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 regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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.
Islands
El Hierro
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seatsc | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Independent Herrenian Group/meta/color"| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,879 | 54.69 | +0.77 | 6 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 | 880 | 25.61 | +24.87 | 3 | +3 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 666 | 19.38 | New | 2 | +2 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –44.96 | 0 | –5 | |||
Blank ballots | 11 | 0.32 | –0.07 | ||||||
Total | 3,436 | 11 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 3,436 | 99.22 | –0.36 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 27 | 0.78 | +0.36 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,463 | 70.39 | +16.18 | ||||||
Abstentions | 1,483 | 29.61 | –16.18 | ||||||
Registered voters | 4,920 | ||||||||
Sources[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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Fuerteventura
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Majorera Assembly/meta/color"| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,692 | 45.93 | –3.61 | 9 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Independents of Fuerteventura/meta/color"| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,481 | 28.09 | New | 5 | +5 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,243 | 10.03 | +4.43 | 1 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 | 1,086 | 8.76 | –0.21 | 1 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 874 | 7.05 | New | 1 | +1 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –35.82 | 0 | –6 | |||
Blank ballots | 17 | 0.14 | +0.07 | ||||||
Total | 12,393 | 17 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 12,393 | 98.54 | –1.03 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 183 | 1.46 | +1.03 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 12,576 | 66.14 | +1.34 | ||||||
Abstentions | 6,439 | 33.86 | –1.34 | ||||||
Registered voters | 19,015 | ||||||||
Sources[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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Gran Canaria
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 96,488 | 37.29 | +24.45 | 12 | +9 | |||
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 | 71,516 | 27.64 | +27.15 | 8 | +8 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC)2 | 26,684 | 10.31 | –20.56 | 3 | –4 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982)/meta/color"| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | 25,613 | 9.90 | New | 3 | +3 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 13,515 | 5.22 | New | 1 | +1 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 12,269 | 4.74 | –0.30 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Party of the Canarian Country/meta/color"| | Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) | 8,171 | 3.16 | +0.39 | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Tagoror/meta/color"| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 1,619 | 0.63 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)/meta/color"| | Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) | 1,243 | 0.48 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –47.46 | 0 | –17 | |||
Blank ballots | 1,644 | 0.64 | +0.11 | ||||||
Total | 258,762 | 27 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 258,762 | 96.79 | –1.11 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 8,573 | 3.21 | +1.11 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 267,335 | 63.17 | –5.27 | ||||||
Abstentions | 155,852 | 36.83 | +5.27 | ||||||
Registered voters | 423,187 | ||||||||
Sources[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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La Gomera
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Gomera Group of Independents/meta/color"| | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) | 3,499 | 39.80 | New | 5 | +5 |
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,316 | 37.72 | +0.76 | 5 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 1,290 | 14.67 | New | 2 | +2 |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 664 | 7.55 | –5.20 | 1 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –48.96 | 0 | –9 |
Blank ballots | 23 | 0.26 | +0.12 | |||
Total | 8,792 | 13 | –4 | |||
Valid votes | 8,792 | 99.15 | –0.14 | |||
Invalid votes | 75 | 0.85 | +0.14 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 8,867 | 62.46 | +18.52 | |||
Abstentions | 5,330 | 37.54 | –18.52 | |||
Registered voters | 14,197 | |||||
Sources[1][2][3] |
La Palma
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 12,623 | 36.36 | New | 8 | +8 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,772 | 31.03 | +10.60 | 6 | +2 |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 6,312 | 18.18 | New | 4 | +4 |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 4,859 | 14.00 | –0.10 | 3 | +1 |
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –65.01 | 0 | –15 |
Blank ballots | 152 | 0.44 | –0.02 | |||
Total | 34,718 | 21 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 34,718 | 98.89 | +0.32 | |||
Invalid votes | 391 | 1.11 | –0.32 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 35,109 | 61.60 | +7.91 | |||
Abstentions | 21,887 | 38.40 | –7.91 | |||
Registered voters | 56,996 | |||||
Sources[1][2][3] |
Lanzarote
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,817 | 47.99 | +24.11 | 12 | +7 |
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 4,064 | 19.87 | New | 5 | +5 |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,702 | 18.10 | New | 4 | +4 |
bgcolor="Template:Tagoror/meta/color"| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 943 | 4.61 | –2.46 | 0 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 878 | 4.29 | +0.78 | 0 | ±0 |
Popular Front of the Canaries (FPC) | 760 | 3.72 | n/a | 0 | ±0 | |
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Party/meta/color"| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 193 | 0.94 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –56.39 | 0 | –11 |
Blank ballots | 100 | 0.49 | +0.26 | |||
Total | 20,457 | 21 | +4 | |||
Valid votes | 20,457 | 98.58 | –0.55 | |||
Invalid votes | 294 | 1.42 | +0.55 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 20,751 | 59.08 | +0.86 | |||
Abstentions | 14,373 | 40.92 | –0.86 | |||
Registered voters | 35,124 | |||||
Sources[1][2][3] |
Tenerife
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 99,309 | 41.66 | +17.08 | 13 | +6 | |||
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 | 56,726 | 23.80 | +16.77 | 7 | +6 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Tenerife Group of Independents/meta/color"| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 48,960 | 20.54 | New | 6 | +6 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Canarian People's Union/meta/color"| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC) | 14,831 | 6.22 | –7.46 | 1 | –2 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 10,405 | 4.36 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Canaries/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 5,431 | 2.28 | –2.94 | 0 | ±0 | |||
Seven Green Stars (SEV) | 1,803 | 0.76 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –47.53 | 0 | –16 | |||
Blank ballots | 923 | 0.39 | –0.23 | ||||||
Total | 238,388 | 27 | ±0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 238,388 | 98.37 | –0.12 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 3,955 | 1.63 | +0.12 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 242,343 | 63.35 | +14.99 | ||||||
Abstentions | 140,195 | 36.65 | –14.99 | ||||||
Registered voters | 382,538 | ||||||||
Sources[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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See also
- 1983 Canarian regional election
- Results breakdown of the 1983 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)
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 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 "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.