Lanzarote (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)

Lanzarote is one of the seven constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. The constituency currently elects 8 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Lanzarote. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of fifteen percent in the constituency or four percent regionally.

Lanzarote
Parliament of the Canary Islands Electoral Constituency
Location of Lanzarote within the Canary Islands
Island	Lanzarote
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Population	152,289 (2019)[1]
Electorate	98,765 (2019)
Major settlements	Arrecife
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	8
Member(s)	CCa (3)   PSOE (3)   PP (1)   Podemos (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provides for the seven main islands in the Canarian archipelago—El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 8 for Fuerteventura—7 until 2018—15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.[2][3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarian citizens abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[4] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1997 reform, the threshold was set at 20 percent; between 1997 and 2018, it was set at 30 percent—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Alternatively, parties can also enter the seat distribution as long as they reach four percent regionally—three percent until 1997, six percent between 1997 and 2018.[2][3]

The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[5][6][7][8]

Deputies

Deputies 1983–present
Cortes	Election	Distribution
1st	1983	5 1 2
2nd	1987	4 3 1
3rd	1991	3 1 4
4th	1995	2 3 1 2
5th	1999	3 4 1
6th	2003	2 3 2 1
7th	2007	4 2 2
8th	2011	1 1 4 2
9th	2015	1 2 1 3 1
10th	2019	1 3 3 1

Elections

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party–United (CCa–PNC)^1	15,573	31.98	+2.53	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,818	28.37	+7.41	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)	6,174	12.68	–0.33	1	±0
	Stand Up Lanzarote–Yes We Can (Podemos–SSP–Equo)^2	3,943	8.10	–6.61	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	2,710	5.56	–0.53	0	±0
	New Canaries (NCa)	2,560	5.26	–3.03	0	–1
	Vox (Vox)	1,296	2.66	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)^3	813	1.67	–0.57	0	±0
	United for Lanzarote (UPLanzarote)	657	1.35	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)^4	176	0.36	–0.41	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	103	0.21	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		879	1.80	–0.70
Total		48,702			8	±0
Valid votes		48,702	98.89	+0.72
Invalid votes		547	1.11	–0.72
Votes cast / turnout		49,249	49.86	–0.88
Abstentions		49,516	50.14	+0.88
Registered voters		98,765
Sources[9]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	10,148	22.22	–12.55	3	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,571	20.96	+3.73	2	+1
	We Can (Podemos)	6,715	14.71	New	1	+1
	People's Party (PP)	5,941	13.01	–9.35	1	–1
	New Canaries (NCa)	3,787	8.29	–5.34	1	±0
	Lanzarote Independents Party–United (PIL–Unidos)	3,300	7.23	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	2,782	6.09	New	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)^1	1,023	2.24	–1.34	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	570	1.25	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	350	0.77	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	197	0.43	–0.57	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	138	0.30	+0.05	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,140	2.50	–1.38
Total		45,662			8	±0
Valid votes		45,662	98.17	+1.61
Invalid votes		850	1.83	–1.61
Votes cast / turnout		46,512	50.74	–1.81
Abstentions		45,154	49.26	+1.81
Registered voters		91,666
Sources[10]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)	14,901	34.77	+16.03	4	+2
	People's Party (PP)	9,582	22.36	+7.13	2	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	7,386	17.23	–11.49	1	–3
	Lanzarote Independents–Nationalist Party of Lanzarote–New Canaries (NCa)^1	5,840	13.63	–14.72	1	+1
	Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)^2	1,259	2.94	+0.11	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	813	1.90	+1.26	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	720	1.68	+0.73	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	427	1.00	New	0	±0
	Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC)	161	0.38	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	109	0.25	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,664	3.88	+1.29
Total		42,862			8	±0
Valid votes		42,862	96.56	–2.73
Invalid votes		1,528	3.44	+2.73
Votes cast / turnout		44,390	52.55	–3.02
Abstentions		40,079	47.45	+3.02
Registered voters		84,469
Sources[11][12]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,727	28.72	+7.83	4	+2
	Lanzarote Independents Party–Canarian Centre (PIL–CCN)	9,701	21.89	–8.54	0	–3
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)	8,303	18.74	–0.78	2	±0
	People's Party (PP)	6,751	15.23	–2.48	2	+1
	Nationalist Party of Lanzarote–New Canaries (NCa)	2,863	6.46	New	0	±0
	25 May Citizens' Alternative–Canarian Popular Alternative (AC25M–APCa)^1	1,252	2.83	–3.49	0	±0
	Alternative Island (ISAL)	870	1.96	New	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	420	0.95	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	284	0.64	–0.59	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,147	2.59	+0.93
Total		44,318			8	±0
Valid votes		44,318	99.29	–0.14
Invalid votes		316	0.71	+0.14
Votes cast / turnout		44,634	55.57	–2.63
Abstentions		35,693	44.43	+2.63
Registered voters		80,327
Sources[11][13][14]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Lanzarote Independents Party–Canarian Nationalist Federation (PIL–FNC)	13,086	30.43	+2.33	3	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,984	20.89	–3.28	2	–1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	8,393	19.52	–9.01	2	–2
	People's Party (PP)	7,616	17.71	+4.45	1	±0
	25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M)	2,719	6.32	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Assembly–PdA–PCL (AC–PdA–PCL)	964	2.24	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	527	1.23	–1.95	0	±0
Blank ballots		715	1.66	–0.70
Total		43,004			8	±0
Valid votes		43,004	99.43	–0.04
Invalid votes		247	0.57	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		43,251	58.20	+4.58
Abstentions		31,059	41.80	–4.58
Registered voters		74,310
Sources[11][15][16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	10,480	28.53	+11.45	4	+3
	Canarian Nationalist Federation–Lanzarote Independents Party (FNC–PIL)	10,320	28.10	–1.67	0	–3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,878	24.17	–1.06	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)	4,869	13.26	–5.73	1	–1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	1,167	3.18	–1.30	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	150	0.41	–2.35	0	±0
Blank ballots		868	2.36	+0.66
Total		36,732			8	±0
Valid votes		36,732	99.47	–0.09
Invalid votes		197	0.53	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		36,929	53.62	–6.78
Abstentions		31,945	46.38	+6.78
Registered voters		68,874
Sources[11][17]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Nationalist Canarian Platform–Lanzarote Independents Party (PCN–PIL)^1	9,844	29.77	–14.77	3	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,342	25.23	–7.11	2	–1
	People's Party (PP)	6,279	18.99	+14.55	2	+2
	Canarian Coalition (CC)^2	5,647	17.08	+11.72	1	+1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	1,480	4.48	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	914	2.76	–7.87	0	–1
Blank ballots		562	1.70	+1.10
Total		33,068			8	±0
Valid votes		33,068	99.56	–0.03
Invalid votes		145	0.44	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		33,213	60.40	+1.97
Abstentions		21,776	39.60	–1.97
Registered voters		54,989
Sources[11][18]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Independent Groups–Lanzarote Independents Party (AIC–PIL)	13,756	44.54	+34.41	4	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,988	32.34	–2.09	3	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,284	10.63	–21.34	1	–2
	People's Party (PP)^1	1,371	4.44	–4.02	0	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)^2	1,168	3.78	–3.34	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	571	1.85	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	489	1.58	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	72	0.23	+0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		185	0.60	–0.20
Total		30,884			8	±0
Valid votes		30,884	99.59	+0.67
Invalid votes		128	0.41	–0.67
Votes cast / turnout		31,012	58.43	–7.85
Abstentions		22,063	41.57	+7.85
Registered voters		53,075
Sources[11]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,726	34.43	–12.96	4	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	8,103	31.97	+19.94	3	+2
	Canarian Independent Groups–Lanzarote Independents Group (AIC–AIL)	2,567	10.13	–3.29	1	+1
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	1,796	7.09	New	0	±0
	United Canarian Left (ICU)^1	1,178	4.65	–0.03	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	1,134	4.47	New	0	±0
	People's Alliance (AP)^2	1,012	3.99	–14.22	0	–2
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	626	2.47	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		204	0.80	+0.80
Total		25,346			8	±0
Valid votes		25,346	98.92	+0.85
Invalid votes		278	1.08	–0.85
Votes cast / turnout		25,624	66.28	+7.50
Abstentions		13,035	33.72	–7.50
Registered voters		38,659
Sources[11][19][20]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Lanzarote

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,595	47.39	n/a	5	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	3,687	18.21	n/a	2	n/a
	Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL)	2,718	13.42	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,435	12.03	n/a	1	n/a
	Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE)	948	4.68	n/a	0	n/a
	Canarian Nationalist Convergence (CNC)	864	4.27	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		20,247			8	n/a
Valid votes		20,247	98.07	n/a
Invalid votes		398	1.93	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		20,645	58.78	n/a
Abstentions		14,479	41.22	n/a
Registered voters		35,124
Sources[11][19]

References

1. "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por islas y por sexo". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
2. "Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias". Organic Law No. 10 of 10 August 1982. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
3. "Ley Orgánica 1/2018, de 5 de noviembre, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias". Organic Law No. 1 of 5 November 2018. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2018.
4. Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
5. "Ley 3/1987, de 3 de abril, de Medidas Urgentes en Materia Electoral". Law No. 3 of 3 April 1987. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
6. "Ley 7/2003, de 20 de marzo, de Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias". Law No. 7 of 20 March 2003. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
7. "Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
8. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
9. "2019 Election Results. Lanzarote". parcan.es (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
10. "2015 Election Results. Lanzarote". parcan.es (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
11. "Electoral Information System in the Canary Islands". www.gobiernodecanarias.org (in Spanish). Canarian Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
12. "2011 Election Results. Lanzarote". parcan.es (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
13. "2007 Election Results. Lanzarote". parcan.es (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
14. "Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
15. "2003 Election Results. Lanzarote". parcan.es (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
16. "Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 25 May 2003" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands. 24 September 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
17. "Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands. 1 October 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
18. "Parliament of the Canary Islands election results, 28 May 1995" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Canary Islands. 18 August 1995. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
19. "Election Results in the Canary Islands (1979-1987)" (PDF). datosdelanzarote.com (in Spanish). Statistics and Documentation Center of the Canary Islands. November 1987. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
20. "Number 75. Audit report on the regularity of electoral accounting derived from the elections held on June 10, 1987" (PDF). tcu.es (in Spanish). Court of Auditors. Retrieved 8 December 2019.