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
IslandLa Palma
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
Population82,671 (2019)[1]
Electorate85,240 (2019)
Major settlementsLos Llanos de Aridane
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats8
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) 13,24830.95+0.69 3±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,63327.17+2.61 3+1
People's Party (PP) 10,72025.04+0.30 2–1
Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)1 1,8034.21–2.32 0±0
New Canaries (NCa) 1,5883.71+0.88 0±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 1,3773.22–1.16 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)2 9122.13–0.46 0±0
Vox (Vox) 7661.79New 0±0
Canaries for Progress (Ci–Progreso) 2630.61New 0±0
Blank ballots 5001.17–0.63
Total 42,810 8±0
Valid votes 42,81098.44+1.21
Invalid votes 6801.56–1.21
Votes cast / turnout 43,49051.02+0.71
Abstentions 41,75048.98–0.71
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) 12,63230.26–9.27 3–1
People's Party (PP) 10,32724.74–3.35 3+1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,25324.56–0.30 2±0
We Can (Podemos) 2,7256.53New 0±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 1,8304.38New 0±0
New Canaries (NCa) 1,1802.83+1.05 0±0
Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)1 1,0802.59–0.50 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 4401.05+0.34 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3660.88+0.54 0±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 940.23New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 600.14–0.01 0±0
Blank ballots 7531.80+0.34
Total 41,740 8±0
Valid votes 41,74097.23–0.87
Invalid votes 1,1902.77+0.87
Votes cast / turnout 42,93050.31–6.66
Abstentions 42,40849.69+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 17,70039.53–10.68 4±0
People's Party (PP) 12,57728.09+11.08 2+1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,13324.86–3.33 2–1
New Canaries (NCa) 7951.78–0.05 0±0
The Greens (Verdes) 6781.51+0.86 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6311.41+0.87 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 3180.71New 0±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1530.34New 0±0
Unity of the People (UP) 770.17New 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 660.15–0.35 0±0
Blank ballots 6521.46+0.68
Total 44,780 8±0
Valid votes 44,78098.10–1.46
Invalid votes 8691.90+1.46
Votes cast / turnout 45,64956.97–7.01
Abstentions 34,48143.03+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) 23,00246.16–4.57 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 14,04628.19+5.12 3+1
People's Party (PP) 8,47917.01–6.42 1–1
Canarian Centre (CCN) 2,0174.05New 0±0
Initiative for La Palma–New Canaries (NCa) 9101.83New 0±0
The Greens (Verdes) 3250.65New 0±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 2690.54–0.55 0±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 2480.50New 0±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)1 1490.30–0.39 0±0
Blank ballots 3880.78–0.22
Total 49,833 8±0
Valid votes 49,83399.56+0.10
Invalid votes 2180.44–0.10
Votes cast / turnout 50,05163.98+0.19
Abstentions 28,17436.02–0.19
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) 24,02250.73+3.45 4±0
People's Party (PP) 11,09423.43+2.14 2±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,92323.07–3.96 2±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 5181.09–1.05 0±0
Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 3260.69New 0±0
Blank ballots 4721.00+0.23
Total 47,355 8±0
Valid votes 47,35599.46–0.14
Invalid votes 2550.54+0.14
Votes cast / turnout 47,61063.79+0.34
Abstentions 27,02236.21–0.34
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) 21,10647.28+1.68 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 12,06827.03–0.37 2±0
People's Party (PP) 9,50221.29+1.25 2±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 9542.14–2.72 0±0
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 6681.50New 0±0
Blank ballots 3420.77–0.11
Total 44,640 8±0
Valid votes 44,64099.60–0.01
Invalid votes 1810.40+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 44,82163.45–2.01
Abstentions 25,81536.55+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 19,12045.60+5.94 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,48927.40–6.42 2–1
People's Party (PP) 8,40120.04+1.54 2+1
Canarian United Left (IUC) 2,0374.86New 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 5121.22–6.22 0±0
Blank ballots 3690.88+0.50
Total 41,928 8±0
Valid votes 41,92899.61+0.22
Invalid votes 1640.39–0.22
Votes cast / turnout 42,09265.46–2.04
Abstentions 22,21234.54+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) 13,80933.82+7.64 3+1
Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) 11,90629.16+3.56 3+1
People's Party (PP)1 7,55318.50–1.52 1–1
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2 4,28610.50–0.58 1±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3,0397.44–9.23 0–1
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 840.21New 0±0
Blank ballots 1540.38–0.07
Total 40,831 8±0
Valid votes 40,83199.39–0.16
Invalid votes 2500.61+0.16
Votes cast / turnout 41,08167.50+0.63
Abstentions 19,78432.50–0.63
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) 9,99426.18–5.83 2–1
Canarian Independent Groups–La Palma Group of Independents (AIC–API) 9,77125.60New 2+2
People's Alliance (AP)1 7,64020.02–17.35 2–1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 6,36416.67+0.83 1±0
United Canarian Left (ICU)2 4,23011.08–3.69 1±0
Blank ballots 1710.45+0.45
Total 38,170 8±0
Valid votes 38,17099.55+1.01
Invalid votes 1720.45–1.01
Votes cast / turnout 38,34266.87+4.13
Abstentions 18,99833.13–4.13
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) 13,06937.37n/a 3n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,19332.01n/a 3n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 5,54015.84n/a 1n/a
Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) 5,16614.77n/a 1n/a
Blank ballots 00.00n/a
Total 34,968 8n/a
Valid votes 34,96898.54n/a
Invalid votes 5171.46n/a
Votes cast / turnout 35,48562.74n/a
Abstentions 21,07437.26n/a
Registered voters 56,559
Sources[11][19]

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