Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 26 May 1991. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Overall[edit]

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.

PSOE (38.41%)

AIC (22.63%)

ICAN (9.00%)

CDS (8.53%)

PP (7.33%)

AM (1.67%)

Other (12.43%)

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 municipal election results in the Canary Islands →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	223,384	31.99	+4.35	482	+60
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	142,561	20.41	+0.20	284	+43
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	112,470	16.10	–1.73	181	+8
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	11,078	1.59	+1.19	45	+29
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	9,821	1.41	–0.28	44	–2
	Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC)	6,599	0.94	New	5	+5
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	2,593	0.37	+0.09	9	+3
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)	104,307	14.94	+1.42	113	+28
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)¹	64,171	9.19	+8.98	66	+65
	Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN)²	26,188	3.75	–1.87	30	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)	8,827	1.26	–5.90	6	–38
	Roque Aguayro (RA)	5,121	0.73	+0.19	11	+2
	People's Party (PP)³	80,440	11.52	–0.49	92	–23
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	71,695	10.27	–4.52	107	–77
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	68,586	9.82	–4.57	86	–78
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)	3,109	0.45	+0.05	21	+1
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	5,737	0.82	New	1	+1
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	4,959	0.71	–0.08	21	–2
	Independent Municipal Platform (PMI)	4,662	0.67	New	3	+3
	Neighbors' Group of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (AVSBT)	4,559	0.65	–0.27	8	–6
	Independent Group of Santa Úrsula (AISU)	3,755	0.54	+0.02	12	+2
	Guía People's Union (UPG)	3,066	0.44	–0.21	7	–4
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	2,452	0.35	+0.24	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,535	0.22	New	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,452	0.21	±0.00	8	–1
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	1,055	0.15	–0.53	0	–2
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)⁴	969	0.14	+0.03	0	±0
	Others	37,603	5.38	—	117	+2
Blank ballots		5,269	0.75	+0.13

Total		698,368	100.00		1,255	+24

Valid votes		698,368	99.26	+0.48
Invalid votes		5,186	0.74	–0.48
Votes cast / turnout		703,554	61.95	–5.95
Abstentions		432,172	38.05	+5.95
Registered voters		1,135,726

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Initiative results are compared to Union of Left Nationalists totals in the 1987 elections. ² Nationalist Canarian Assembly results are compared to Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left totals in the 1987 elections. ³ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 elections. ⁴ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			31.99%
AIC			20.41%
ICAN			14.94%
PP			11.52%
CDS			10.27%
Others			10.28%
Blank ballots			0.75%

City control[edit]

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population
Arona	25,018	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	373,846	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1993)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	118,548	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (ATI in 1993)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	222,892	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)
Telde	78,978	United Canarian Left (ICU)	Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN)

Municipalities[edit]

Arona[edit]

Population: 25,018

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,661	41.75	–26.02	9	–4
	Independent Electoral Movement (MEI)¹	2,392	27.28	+16.12	6	+4
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,422	16.22	+3.49	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)²	774	8.83	+4.45	2	+2
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)³	481	5.49	+2.05	1	+1

Blank ballots		38	0.43	–0.10

Total		8,768			21	+4

Valid votes		8,768	99.15	+0.07
Invalid votes		75	0.85	–0.07
Votes cast / turnout		8,843	52.35	–14.47
Abstentions		8,049	47.65	+14.47
Registered voters		16,892

Sources^[1]^[5]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ Independent Electoral Movement results are compared to Tenerife Group of Independents totals in the 1987 election. ² People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. ³ Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[edit]

Population: 373,846

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	42,179	28.84	+2.86	10	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	33,571	22.96	–1.71	7	–2
	People's Party (PP)¹	31,815	21.76	+1.95	7	+1
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	24,437	16.71	–1.47	5	±0

	Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC)	3,808	2.60	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	3,555	2.43	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,535	1.05	New	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	876	0.60	New	0	±0
	Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)³	845	0.58	+0.41	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)⁴	761	0.52	+0.22	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	527	0.36	–1.50	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	472	0.32	+0.13	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	282	0.19	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,579	1.08	+0.28

Total		146,242			29	±0

Valid votes		146,242	99.16	+1.08
Invalid votes		1,233	0.84	–1.08
Votes cast / turnout		147,475	53.57	–6.46
Abstentions		127,823	46.43	+6.46
Registered voters		275,298

Sources^[1]^[5]^[7]^[8]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election. ³ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election. ⁴ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna[edit]

Population: 118,548

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	19,752	41.97	+5.33	12	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,474	28.63	–0.86	8	–1
	Independent Municipal Platform (PMI)	4,662	9.91	New	3	+3
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)¹	4,429	9.41	–3.66	2	±0
	People's Party (PP)²	3,487	7.41	–0.39	2	±0

	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	408	0.87	+0.14	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	364	0.77	±0.00	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	n/a	n/a	–8.71	0	–2
Blank ballots		491	1.04	+0.31

Total		47,067			27	±0

Valid votes		47,067	98.84	+0.83
Invalid votes		553	1.16	–0.83
Votes cast / turnout		47,620	55.56	–8.30
Abstentions		38,085	44.44	+8.30
Registered voters		85,705

Sources^[1]^[5]^[9]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left and United Canarian Left in the 1987 election. ² People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife[edit]

Population: 222,892

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	39,053	54.65	–10.20	16	–5
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	14,297	20.01	+4.70	6	+1
	People's Party (PP)¹	7,576	10.60	+5.19	3	+2
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)²	5,241	7.33	+0.92	2	+2

	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,859	2.60	–1.53	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac))	917	1.28	+0.79	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	776	1.09	New	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	416	0.58	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	393	0.55	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		936	1.31	+0.65

Total		71,464			27	±0

Valid votes		71,464	99.19	+0.46
Invalid votes		582	0.81	–0.46
Votes cast / turnout		72,046	44.96	–15.23
Abstentions		88,208	55.04	+15.23
Registered voters		160,254

Sources^[1]^[5]^[10]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. ² Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election.

Telde[edit]

Population: 78,978

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN)¹	11,650	33.06	–2.09	9	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)	8,827	25.05	+7.58	6	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,186	14.72	+4.06	4	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,668	13.25	+0.45	3	±0
	People's Party (PP)²	4,240	12.03	–5.89	3	–1

	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	246	0.70	–0.51	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)³	208	0.59	+0.35	0	±0
Blank ballots		209	0.59	+0.09

Total		35,234			25	±0

Valid votes		35,234	98.90	+0.59
Invalid votes		392	1.10	–0.59
Votes cast / turnout		35,626	65.72	–4.34
Abstentions		18,586	34.28	+4.34
Registered voters		54,212

Sources^[1]^[5]^[11]
Footnotes: ¹ Nationalist Canarian Assembly results are compared to Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left totals in the 1987 election. ² People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election. ³ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.

Island Cabildos[edit]

References[edit]

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^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1991. Telde Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2019.

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