La Gomera (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)

La Gomera 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 4 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Gomera. 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 Gomera (Senate constituency).
La Gomera
Parliament of the Canary Islands
Electoral Constituency
Location of La Gomera within the Canary Islands
IslandLa Gomera
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
Population21,503 (2019)[1]
Electorate25,742 (2019)
Major settlementsSan Sebastián de La Gomera
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats4
Member(s)
  •   ASG (3)
  •   PSOE (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
2 2
2nd 1987
3 1
3rd 1991
3 1
4th 1995
2 2
5th 1999
3 1
6th 2003
3 1
7th 2007
3 1
8th 2011
2 1 1
9th 2015
1 3
10th 2019
1 3

Elections

2019 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) 6,22252.12+9.16 3±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 2,47620.74+4.31 1±0
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) 1,0929.15–1.36 0±0
Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)1 7926.63–2.14 0±0
People's Party (PP) 5244.39–5.90 0±0
New Canaries (NCa) 4763.99–1.94 0±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 2011.68–0.35 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)2 580.49–0.75 0±0
Blank ballots 970.81–0.08
Total 11,938 4±0
Valid votes 11,93898.91+0.53
Invalid votes 1321.09–0.53
Votes cast / turnout 12,07046.89–0.63
Abstentions 13,67253.11+0.63
Registered voters 25,742
Sources[9]

2015 regional election
Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) 5,09042.96New 3+3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,94616.43–28.50 1–1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) 1,24510.51–10.35 0–1
People's Party (PP) 1,21910.29–14.44 0–1
We Can (Podemos) 1,0398.77New 0±0
New Canaries (NCa) 7035.93+1.71 0±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 2412.03New 0±0
Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)1 1471.24–1.23 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 860.73New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 150.13–0.12 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 110.09New 0±0
Blank ballots 1050.89–0.45
Total 11,847 4±0
Valid votes 11,84798.38+0.03
Invalid votes 1951.62–0.03
Votes cast / turnout 12,04247.52–4.27
Abstentions 13,30152.48+4.27
Registered voters 25,343
Sources[10]

2011 regional election
Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,32444.93–9.86 2–1
People's Party (PP) 2,93124.73+19.71 1+1
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1 2,47220.86–16.40 1±0
Socialists for La Gomera–New Gomera–New Canaries (NCa) 5004.22New 0±0
The Greens (Verdes) 2932.47+1.33 0±0
Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)2 1411.19+0.04 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 300.25New 0±0
Blank ballots 1591.34+0.70
Total 11,850 4±0
Valid votes 11,85098.35–1.00
Invalid votes 1991.65+1.00
Votes cast / turnout 12,04951.79–11.72
Abstentions 11,21748.21+11.72
Registered voters 23,266
Sources[11][12]

2007 regional election
Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 8,15554.79+0.44 3±0
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)1 4,74231.86–3.97 1±0
Canarian Centre (CCN) 8035.40New 0±0
People's Party (PP) 7475.02–2.32 0±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M) 1711.15New 0±0
The Greens (Verdes) 1701.14New 0±0
Blank ballots 960.64–0.63
Total 14,884 4±0
Valid votes 14,88499.35+0.06
Invalid votes 980.65–0.06
Votes cast / turnout 14,98263.51+4.31
Abstentions 8,60736.49–4.31
Registered voters 23,589
Sources[11][13][14]

2003 regional election
Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,16654.35+4.00 3±0
Canarian Coalition (CC) 4,58634.78+3.55 1±0
People's Party (PP) 9687.34–3.58 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 1581.20–4.22 0±0
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 1381.05–0.02 0±0
Blank ballots 1681.27+0.45
Total 13,184 4±0
Valid votes 13,18499.29+0.08
Invalid votes 940.71–0.08
Votes cast / turnout 13,27859.20–3.00
Abstentions 9,15240.80+3.00
Registered voters 22,430
Sources[11][15][16]

1999 regional election
Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,84150.35+3.40 3+1
Canarian Coalition (CC) 3,62331.23–4.29 1–1
People's Party (PP) 1,26710.92+1.98 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6295.42–2.21 0±0
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 1241.07New 0±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 220.19–0.13 0±0
Blank ballots 950.82+0.18
Total 11,601 4±0
Valid votes 11,60199.21–0.45
Invalid votes 920.79+0.45
Votes cast / turnout 11,69362.20–6.88
Abstentions 7,10737.80+6.88
Registered voters 18,800
Sources[11][17]

1995 regional election
Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,70146.95–7.95 2–1
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 3,55635.52+28.62 2+2
People's Party (PP) 8958.94+5.19 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 7647.63New 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 320.32–33.43 0–1
Blank ballots 640.64+0.16
Total 10,012 4±0
Valid votes 10,01299.66+0.11
Invalid votes 340.34–0.11
Votes cast / turnout 10,04669.08–2.31
Abstentions 4,49630.92+2.31
Registered voters 14,542
Sources[11][18]

1991 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,18954.90–3.39 3±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI) 3,19033.75+4.30 1±0
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)1 6526.90+2.04 0±0
People's Party (PP)2 3543.75–0.56 0±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 220.23New 0±0
Blank ballots 450.48–0.08
Total 9,452 4±0
Valid votes 9,45299.55+0.19
Invalid votes 430.45–0.19
Votes cast / turnout 9,49571.39–0.64
Abstentions 3,80628.61+0.64
Registered voters 13,301
Sources[11]

1987 regional election
Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,16958.29+19.10 3+1
Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)1 2,61129.45–8.89 1–1
United Canarian Left (ICU)2 4314.86–2.40 0±0
People's Alliance (AP)3 3824.31–10.89 0±0
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 2242.53New 0±0
Blank ballots 500.56+0.56
Total 8,867 4±0
Valid votes 8,86799.36+0.24
Invalid votes 570.64–0.24
Votes cast / turnout 8,92472.03+6.96
Abstentions 3,46527.97–6.96
Registered voters 12,389
Sources[11][19][20]

1983 regional election
Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,36739.19n/a 2n/a
Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) 3,29438.34n/a 2n/a
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 1,30615.20n/a 0n/a
Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) 6247.26n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 00.00n/a
Total 8,591 4n/a
Valid votes 8,59199.12n/a
Invalid votes 760.88n/a
Votes cast / turnout 8,66765.07n/a
Abstentions 4,65334.93n/a
Registered voters 13,320
Sources[11][19]

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