2011 Canarian regional election

Canarian parliamentary election, 2011

22 May 2011
All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,580,359 2.8%
Turnout	931,010 (58.9%) 2.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Manuel Soria Paulino Rivero José Miguel Pérez García Party PP CC PSOE Leader since 16 July 1999 3 February 2007 20 March 2010 Last election 15 seats, 24.0% 19 seats, 29.2% 26 seats, 34.5% Seats won 21 21 15 Seat change 6 2 11 Popular vote 289,381 225,948 190,028 Percentage 31.9% 24.9% 21.0% Swing 7.9 pp 4.3 pp 13.5 pp
Island-level units won by PP (blue), CC (yellow) and PSOE (red)
President before election Paulino Rivero CC Elected President Paulino Rivero CC

The 2011 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 30% of the total vote in each district or above 6% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PSOE	CC	PP	NC	Oth.	Lead
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22 May 2011	Regional Election	21.0	24.9	31.9	9.1	13.1	7.0
Exit polls
2–12 May	Demométrica	26.9	25.8	30.4	11.7	5.2	3.5
10 May	TNS-Demoscopia	26.7	28.4	27.7	6.0	11.2	0.7
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel	23.0	24.8	30.0	8.4	13.8	5.2
5–17 Apr	OPMC	27.7	27.1	30.6		14.6	2.9
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	30.2	23.9	27.3	5.1	13.5	2.9
22 Feb–17 Mar	Demométrica	26.9	24.6	30.7	11.0	6.8	3.8
15–18 Feb	Sigma-2	28.0	25.7	33.1		13.2	5.1
1–9 Feb	Perfiles	22.5	30.5	29.5	7.5	10.0	1.0
2011
21–27 Dec	Sigma-2	27.6	25.2	37.0		10.2	9.4
19–24 May	Sigma-2	30.7	22.0	35.3		12.0	4.6
2010
2009
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	34.5	24.2	24.0	5.4	11.9	10.3

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Canarias.

31 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PSOE	CC	PP	NC	Others
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22 May 2011	Regional Election	15	21	21	3	0
Exit polls
2–12 May	Demométrica	16−19	17−19	16−19	6	0
10 May	TNS-Demoscopia	19−21	18−20	18−20	0−3	0
13–20 Apr	Celeste-Tel	16	20	21	2	1
5–17 Apr	OPMC	20−21	16−18	19−21	3	0
17 Mar–17 Apr	CIS	23	19−20	16−17	0−2	0
22 Feb–17 Mar	Demométrica	17−19	16−19	17−19	6	0
15–18 Feb	Sigma-2	16−21	19−20	20−24	0	0
1–9 Feb	Perfiles	17	22−24	18−20	1−3	0
2011
21–27 Dec	Sigma-2	17−18	18−22	21−24	0	0
12–24 Jul	OPMC	23	15	20	2	0
19–24 May	Sigma-2	20−23	14−17	22−24	0	0
2010
2009
2008
27 May 2007	Regional Election	26	19	15	0	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Canarian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	People's Party (PP)	289,381	31.94	7.90	21	6
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color" |	Canarian Coalition-Nationalist Party-Canarian Centre (CC-PNC-CCN)	225,948	24.94	4.22	21	2
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" |	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	190,028	20.98	13.53	15	11
bgcolor="Template:New Canaries/meta/color" |	New Canaries (NCa)	82,148	9.07	3.64	3	3
	Citizen Alternative Yes it Can Be Done (ACSSP)	19,020	2.10	1.58	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	18,831	2.08	0.18	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color" |	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	9,069	1.00	New	0	±0
	Commitment for Gran Canaria (CGC)	7,382	0.81	0.10	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" |	Canarian United Left (IUC)	6,818	0.75	0.05	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	6,494	0.72	0.45	0	±0
	Common Sense in Canarias (SCC)	4,761	0.53	New	0	±0
	Majoreran Progresist Party (PPMAJO)	4,334	0.48	New	0	±0
	Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC)	2,750	0.30	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color" |	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,715	0.30	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color" |	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC-PCPE)	2,368	0.26	0.12	0	±0
	Public Employed and Services Party (PSyEP)	1,993	0.22	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:For a Fairer World/meta/color" |	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,442	0.16	New	0	±0
	Canarian People's Unity Movement (MUPC)	1,268	0.14	0.08	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	Humanist Party (PH)	1,246	0.14	0.06	0	±0
	Unity of the People (UP)	1,133	0.13	0.03	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democratic Centre/meta/color" |	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	1,018	0.11	New	0	±0
	Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC)	361	0.04	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:National Democracy (Spain)/meta/color" |	National Democracy (DN)	314	0.03	±0.00	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color" |	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	120	0.01	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	25,017	2.76	1.34
Total		905,959	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		905,959	97.31	2.12
Invalid votes		25,051	2.69	2.12
Votes cast / turnout		931,010	58.91	2.30
Abstentions		649,349	41.09	2.30
Registered voters		1,580,359
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share PP   31.94% CC-PNC-CCN   24.94% PSOE   20.98% NC   9.07% ACSSP   2.10% LV   2.08% UPyD   1.00% Others   5.13% Blank ballots   2.76%

Parliamentary seats PP   35.00% CC-PNC-CCN   35.00% PSOE   25.00% NC   5.00%