La Palma (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)

La Palma 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 La Palma. 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.

For the Senate constituency, see La Palma (Senate constituency).

La Palma
Parliament of the Canary Islands Electoral Constituency
Location of La Palma within the Canary Islands
Island	La Palma
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Population	82,671 (2019)[1]
Electorate	85,240 (2019)
Major settlements	Los Llanos de Aridane
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	8
Member(s)	CCa (3)      PSOE (3)      PP (2)

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	1 3 1 3
2nd	1987	1 2 1 2 2
3rd	1991	1 3 3 1
4th	1995	2 4 2
5th	1999	2 4 2
6th	2003	2 4 2
7th	2007	3 4 1
8th	2011	2 4 2
9th	2015	2 3 3
10th	2019	3 3 2

Elections

2019 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	13,248	30.95	+0.69	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,633	27.17	+2.61	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)	10,720	25.04	+0.30	2	–1
	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)^1	1,803	4.21	–2.32	0	±0
	New Canaries (NCa)	1,588	3.71	+0.88	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	1,377	3.22	–1.16	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)^2	912	2.13	–0.46	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	766	1.79	New	0	±0
	Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso)	263	0.61	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		500	1.17	–0.63
Total		42,810			8	±0
Valid votes		42,810	98.44	+1.21
Invalid votes		680	1.56	–1.21
Votes cast / turnout		43,490	51.02	+0.71
Abstentions		41,750	48.98	–0.71
Registered voters		85,240
Sources[9]

2015 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	12,632	30.26	–9.27	3	–1
	People's Party (PP)	10,327	24.74	–3.35	3	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	10,253	24.56	–0.30	2	±0
	We Can (Podemos)	2,725	6.53	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	1,830	4.38	New	0	±0
	New Canaries (NCa)	1,180	2.83	+1.05	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)^1	1,080	2.59	–0.50	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	440	1.05	+0.34	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	366	0.88	+0.54	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	94	0.23	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	60	0.14	–0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		753	1.80	+0.34
Total		41,740			8	±0
Valid votes		41,740	97.23	–0.87
Invalid votes		1,190	2.77	+0.87
Votes cast / turnout		42,930	50.31	–6.66
Abstentions		42,408	49.69	+6.66
Registered voters		85,338
Sources[10]

2011 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)^1	17,700	39.53	–10.68	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	12,577	28.09	+11.08	2	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,133	24.86	–3.33	2	–1
	New Canaries (NCa)	795	1.78	–0.05	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	678	1.51	+0.86	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	631	1.41	+0.87	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	318	0.71	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	153	0.34	New	0	±0
	Unity of the People (UP)	77	0.17	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	66	0.15	–0.35	0	±0
Blank ballots		652	1.46	+0.68
Total		44,780			8	±0
Valid votes		44,780	98.10	–1.46
Invalid votes		869	1.90	+1.46
Votes cast / turnout		45,649	56.97	–7.01
Abstentions		34,481	43.03	+7.01
Registered voters		80,130
Sources[11][12]

2007 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)	23,002	46.16	–4.57	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	14,046	28.19	+5.12	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)	8,479	17.01	–6.42	1	–1
	Canarian Centre (CCN)	2,017	4.05	New	0	±0
	Initiative for La Palma–New Canaries (NCa)	910	1.83	New	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	325	0.65	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	269	0.54	–0.55	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	248	0.50	New	0	±0
	Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)^1	149	0.30	–0.39	0	±0
Blank ballots		388	0.78	–0.22
Total		49,833			8	±0
Valid votes		49,833	99.56	+0.10
Invalid votes		218	0.44	–0.10
Votes cast / turnout		50,051	63.98	+0.19
Abstentions		28,174	36.02	–0.19
Registered voters		78,225
Sources[11][13][14]

2003 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	24,022	50.73	+3.45	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	11,094	23.43	+2.14	2	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	10,923	23.07	–3.96	2	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	518	1.09	–1.05	0	±0
	Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa)	326	0.69	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		472	1.00	+0.23
Total		47,355			8	±0
Valid votes		47,355	99.46	–0.14
Invalid votes		255	0.54	+0.14
Votes cast / turnout		47,610	63.79	+0.34
Abstentions		27,022	36.21	–0.34
Registered voters		74,632
Sources[11][15][16]

1999 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	21,106	47.28	+1.68	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,068	27.03	–0.37	2	±0
	People's Party (PP)	9,502	21.29	+1.25	2	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	954	2.14	–2.72	0	±0
	The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes)	668	1.50	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		342	0.77	–0.11
Total		44,640			8	±0
Valid votes		44,640	99.60	–0.01
Invalid votes		181	0.40	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		44,821	63.45	–2.01
Abstentions		25,815	36.55	+2.01
Registered voters		70,636
Sources[11][17]

1995 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)^1	19,120	45.60	+5.94	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,489	27.40	–6.42	2	–1
	People's Party (PP)	8,401	20.04	+1.54	2	+1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	2,037	4.86	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	512	1.22	–6.22	0	±0
Blank ballots		369	0.88	+0.50
Total		41,928			8	±0
Valid votes		41,928	99.61	+0.22
Invalid votes		164	0.39	–0.22
Votes cast / turnout		42,092	65.46	–2.04
Abstentions		22,212	34.54	+2.04
Registered voters		64,304
Sources[11][18]

1991 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,809	33.82	+7.64	3	+1
	Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API)	11,906	29.16	+3.56	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)^1	7,553	18.50	–1.52	1	–1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)^2	4,286	10.50	–0.58	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,039	7.44	–9.23	0	–1
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	84	0.21	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		154	0.38	–0.07
Total		40,831			8	±0
Valid votes		40,831	99.39	–0.16
Invalid votes		250	0.61	+0.16
Votes cast / turnout		41,081	67.50	+0.63
Abstentions		19,784	32.50	–0.63
Registered voters		60,865
Sources[11]

1987 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,994	26.18	–5.83	2	–1
	Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API)	9,771	25.60	New	2	+2
	People's Alliance (AP)^1	7,640	20.02	–17.35	2	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	6,364	16.67	+0.83	1	±0
	United Canarian Left (ICU)^2	4,230	11.08	–3.69	1	±0
Blank ballots		171	0.45	+0.45
Total		38,170			8	±0
Valid votes		38,170	99.55	+1.01
Invalid votes		172	0.45	–1.01
Votes cast / turnout		38,342	66.87	+4.13
Abstentions		18,998	33.13	–4.13
Registered voters		57,340
Sources[11][19][20]

1983 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	13,069	37.37	n/a	3	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,193	32.01	n/a	3	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	5,540	15.84	n/a	1	n/a
	Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE)	5,166	14.77	n/a	1	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		34,968			8	n/a
Valid votes		34,968	98.54	n/a
Invalid votes		517	1.46	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		35,485	62.74	n/a
Abstentions		21,074	37.26	n/a
Registered voters		56,559
Sources[11][19]

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