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2023 Canarian regional election

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2023 Canarian regional election
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The 2023 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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Overview

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Electoral system

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2022 abolished the "begged" or expat vote system (Spanish: Voto rogado), under which Spaniards abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote.[2] The expat vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it had been in force.[3]

The 70 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached four percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, as well as an additional constituency comprising the whole archipelago, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:[1][4]

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Election date

After legal amendments in 2018 and 2022, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands to expire after an early dissolution. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 26 May 2023. The election decree was required to be published in the BOC no later than 2 May 2023, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 25 June 2023.[1][4][5]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Canary Islands and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[1]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially dissolved on 4 April 2023 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the BOC, setting the election date for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to convene on 27 June.[6]

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Parliamentary composition

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the time of dissolution.[7]

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Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed 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 were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

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Campaign

Election debates

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Opinion polls

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The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

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Local regression trend line of poll results from 26 May 2019 to 28 May 2023, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 36 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

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  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Results

Overall

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Distribution by constituency

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Aftermath

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Notes

  1. Results for CCa–PNC in the 2019 election, not including El Hierro.
  2. Results for NCa in the 2019 election, not including El Hierro.
  3. Results for CCa–PNC and NC–BC in El Hierro in the 2019 election.
  4. Results for Podemos–SSP–Equo (8.8%, 4 seats) and IUC (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 2019 election.
  5. Vidina Espino, former CS legislator.[8]
  6. In El Hierro.
  7. UxGC contested the 2019 election in an electoral alliance with CCa–PNC, securing 1 seat.
  8. PNC contested the 2019 election in an electoral alliance with CCa–PNC, securing 1 seat.
  9. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  10. Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
  11. In the Canary Islands, the debate was broadcast on RTVC (5.9%, 37,000), La 1 (6.2%, 40,000) and 24 Horas (1.7%, 11,000). Nationwide, the debate was broadcast on 24 Horas, obtaining an audience of 0.4% (46,000).
  12. Within CCa.
  13. Vote+Simpathy figures with undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.
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