2003 Canarian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands 2003 Canarian regional election Canary Islands parliamentary no 1999 Canarian regional election 1999 2007 Canarian regional election 2007 All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands 31 #Opinion polls 1,440,576 10px 4.9% 930,449 (64.6%)10px 3.8 pp 25 May 2003 170x170px Adán Martín Canarian Coalition 2003 Tenerife 26 seats, 37.3%"CC+AHI" Results for CC (36.9%, 24 seats) and AHI (0.3%, 2 seats) in the 1999 election. 23 10px 3 304,413 32.9% 10px 4.4 pp 170x170px José Manuel Soria People's Party of the Canary Islands 16 July 1999 Gran Canaria 15 seats, 27.1% 17 10px 2 283,186 30.6% 10px 3.5 pp 170x170px Juan Carlos Alemán Socialist Party of the Canaries 2000 Tenerife 19 seats, 24.0% 17 10px 2 235,234 25.4% 10px 1.4 pp 170x170px Lorenzo Olarte Canarian Nationalist Federation 2003 Gran Canaria (lost) 0 seats, 4.8% 3 10px 3 44,703 4.8% 10px 0.0 pp CanaryDistrictMapParliament2003.png 400px Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands President President after election Román Rodríguez ICAN (CC) Adán Martín AIC (CC) A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 25 May 2003 to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Overview Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1982 arts. 9, 13 & 17. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEPC 2003 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Canaries (BOC).Statute 1982 art. 10; LEPC 2003 art. 16 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 13 June 1999, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 25 May 2003. The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1982 art. 17. The election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 1 April 2003 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 25 May.Decree 52/2003 2003 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1982 arts. 9–10; LEPC 2003 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 60. All were elected in seven multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 30 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or six percent regionally.Statute 1982 art. 9 & trans. prov. 1. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:Statute 1982 trans. prov. 1; Decree 52/2003 2003 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 15 Gran Canaria, Tenerife 8 La Palma, Lanzarote 7 Fuerteventura 4 La Gomera 3 El Hierro The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LEPC 2003 art. 21 & single add. prov. (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/acanarias.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 26 April 2026https://www.parcan.es/composicion/grupos.py?legis=5 Los grupos parlamentarios. V Legislatura es Parliament of the Canary Islands 3 May 2026 + Parliamentary composition in April 2003 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Canarian Coalition Parliamentary Group (CC) AIC 16 24 ICAN 3 AM 3 CCN 2 Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 18 18 People's Parliamentary Group PP 14 14 Mixed Parliamentary Group AHI 2 2 Non-Inscrits INDEP 1Dolores Rodríguez, former PSOE legislator. 1 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEPC 2003 art. 18 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 44). Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats CC List on Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)– Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)– La Palma Group of Independents (API)– Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN) Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN) Majorera Assembly (AM) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 50px Adán Martín RegionalismCanarian nationalismCentrism 37.3%"CC+AHI" 26 PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Juan Carlos Alemán Social democracy 24.0% 19 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px José Manuel Soria ConservatismChristian democracy 27.1% 15 EFE 3 October 1999 Soria es elegido presidente del PP en Canarias y Fraga en Galicia https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1999/octubre/03/nacional/congreso.html es El Mundo Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Santiago de Compostela 2 May 2026 FNC List on Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) Canarian Union (UC) Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 50px Lorenzo Olarte Canarian nationalism 4.8% 0 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 33px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 25px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE FNC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI Lead 2003 regional election 25 May 2003 64.6 32.975% Verdana 24 30.675% Verdana 15 25.475% Verdana 19 4.875% Verdana 0 1.375% Verdana 0 "CC" Within CC. 2.3 CISPreelectoral elecciones municipales y autonómicas, 2003. CA de Canarias (Estudio nº 2487. Marzo-Abril 2003) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2487marpdf es CIS 17 May 2003La guerra pasa factura electoral al PP http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/18/pagina-23/34011233/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 18 May 2003 11 December 2017 7 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171207191851/http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/18/pagina-23/34011233/pdf.html live 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,778 73.7 41.175% Verdana 29 22.175% Verdana 12 27.075% Verdana 17 0.675% Verdana 0 3.675% Verdana 0 0.475% Verdana 2 14.1 CISInstituciones y autonomías, II. CA de Aragón (Estudio nº 2455. Septiembre-Octubre 2002) https://www.cis.es/visor?migrado=true&fichero=e245550html es CIS 19 November 2002 11 December 2017 12 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031742/http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2440_2459/2455/e245520.html live El PP, partido más votado en diez Comunidades Autónomas http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/graficos/nov/s3/cis1.pdf es El Mundo 19 November 2002 28 June 2018 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060159/http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/graficos/nov/s3/cis1.pdf live El PP ganaría las autonómicas en diez Comunidades y el PSOE en cuatro, según el CIS http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2002/11/20/016.html es ABC 20 November 2002 11 December 2017 11 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171211160947/http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2002/11/20/016.html live 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 499 74.2 33.8 32.5 21.4 – 2.2 – 1.3 Regional GovernmentSociobarómetro de Canarias (diciembre 2001) https://datosdelanzarote.lztic.com/media/item/docs/Sociobar%C3%B3metro-de-Canarias-(diciembre-2001)--20160420123357761B3-30-Completo.pdf es Regional Government of the Canary Islands 23 December 2001 28 Nov–23 Dec 2001 3,522? 36.775% Verdana 24 27.475% Verdana 15 27.975% Verdana 19 1.175% Verdana 0 2.775% Verdana 0 0.275% Verdana 2 8.8 Regional GovernmentSociobarómetro de Canarias (junio 2001) https://datosdelanzarote.lztic.com/media/item/docs/Sociobar%C3%B3metro-de-Canarias-(junio-2001)-20160322095923343B3-20-sociobar%C3%B3metro-Junio-2001.pdf es Regional Government of the Canary Islands 20 June 2001 15 May–20 Jun 2001 3,551? 37.575% Verdana 25 27.675% Verdana 16 25.175% Verdana 17 1.275% Verdana 0 2.875% Verdana 0 0.275% Verdana 2 9.9 Regional GovernmentSociobarómetro de Canarias (junio 2001) https://datosdelanzarote.lztic.com/media/item/docs/Sociobar%C3%B3metro-de-Canarias-(diciembre-2000)-2016032210001293B3-31-Sociobar%C3%B3metro-de-Canarias-Dic-2000.pdf es Regional Government of the Canary Islands 30 December 2000 27 Nov–30 Dec 2000 3,641? 35.675% Verdana 24 28.475% Verdana 16 26.275% Verdana 18 – – 0.375% Verdana 2 7.2 2000 general election 12 Mar 2000 60.7 29.6 41.8 22.2 1.2"PIL" Results for PIL. 2.4 "CC" 12.2 1999 regional election 13 Jun 1999 60.8 36.975% Verdana 24 27.175% Verdana 15 24.075% Verdana 19 4.875% Verdana 0 2.775% Verdana 0 0.375% Verdana 2 9.8 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE FNC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI Lead 2003 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 25 May 2003 21.5 20.4 16.8 3.1 0.9 "CC" 33.6 1.1 CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,778 22.5 12.3 17.6 0.4 2.1 0.3 33.5 7.2 4.9 CIS 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 499 22.2 21.0 12.6 – 1.2 – 24.8 12.4 1.2 Regional Government 28 Nov–23 Dec 2001 3,522 17.2 18.2 16.7 0.7 2.8 0.1 26.1 11.1 1.0 Regional Government 15 May–20 Jun 2001 3,551 18.1 20.0 15.2 0.9 2.9 0.1 26.9 10.5 1.9 Regional Government 27 Nov–30 Dec 2000 3,641 17.9 21.9 14.7 0.8 2.8 0.1 23.7 9.9 4.0 Regional GovernmentSociobarómetro de Canarias (julio 2000) https://datosdelanzarote.lztic.com/media/item/docs/Sociobar%C3%B3metro-de-Canarias-(julio-2000)-20160404102318309Sociobar%C3%B3metro-Julio-2000-Completo.pdf es Regional Government of the Canary Islands 20 June 2001 10 May–20 Jun 2000 3,580 25.8 27.7 14.0 0.8 2.3 0.0 25.1 1.3 1.9 2000 general election"CERA" 12 Mar 2000 18.0 25.7 13.6 0.8"PIL" 1.5 "CC" 38.4 7.7 1999 regional election"CERA" 13 Jun 1999 22.8 16.7 14.8 2.9 1.6 0.2 38.2 6.1 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE FNC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI Other/None Lead CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,778 27.9 16.5 22.0 0.3 3.5 0.3 2.0 27.6 5.9 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE FNC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI Other/None Lead CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,778 38.2 14.0 11.8 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 35.5 24.2 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Canary Islands. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead MartínCC SoriaPP AlemánPSOE OlarteFNC MartínezIUC CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,778 20.3 16.6 14.5 3.8 1.4 4.6 38.8 3.7 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Canarian Coalition (CC)1 304,413 32.90 −4.36 23 −3 People's Party (PP) 283,186 30.61 +3.48 17 +2 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 235,234 25.42 +1.39 17 −2 Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 44,703 4.83 +0.02 3 +3 The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 18,340 1.98 +0.52 0 ±0 Canarian United Left (IUC) 12,128 1.31 −1.43 0 ±0 Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 6,737 0.73 New 0 ±0 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) 2,719 0.29 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 1,776 0.19 New 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 1,322 0.14 −0.02 0 ±0 Lanzarote Assembly–PdA–PCL (AC–PdA–PCL) 964 0.10 New 0 ±0 Tenerife Union (UTI) 571 0.06 New 0 ±0 Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) 449 0.05 −0.03 0 ±0 Party of The People (LG) 448 0.05 New 0 ±0 National Democracy (DN) 409 0.04 New 0 ±0 Centrist Union (UC) 43 0.00 −0.53 0 ±0 Blank ballots 11,806 1.28 −0.23 Total 925,248 60 ±0 Valid votes 925,248 99.44 +0.02 Invalid votes 5,201 0.56 −0.02 Votes cast / turnout 930,449 64.59 +3.79 Abstentions 510,127 35.41 −3.79 Registered voters 1,440,576 Sourceshttps://www.parcan.es/elecciones/2003/ Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias. Elecciones 2003 es Parliament of the Canary Islands 26 April 202624 September 2003 Anuncio de 12 de septiembre de 2003, por el que se hace pública la Resolución relativa a los resultados del escrutinio general en el conjunto de las circunscripciones electorales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/2003/186/boc-2003-186-004.pdf es Official Gazette of Canaries 186 15604–15615 27 April 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition and Independent Herrenian Group in the 1999 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px CC Canarian Coalition 32.90 PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 30.61 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 25.42 FNC Canarian Nationalist Federation 4.83 Verdes Confederation of the Greens 1.98 IUC Canarian United Left 1.31 Others #777777 1.67 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.28 Seats #ddd 550px 500px CC Canarian Coalition 38.33 PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 28.33 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 28.33 FNC Canarian Nationalist Federation 5.00 Distribution by constituency Constituency CC PP PSOE FNC % S % S % S % S El Hierro 45.0 2 24.8 1 21.6 − 7.1 − Fuerteventura 30.2 2 32.5 3 25.4 2 7.1 − Gran Canaria 21.6 4 47.4 8 20.6 3 4.6 − La Gomera 34.8 1 7.3 − 54.4 3 1.0 − La Palma 50.7 4 23.4 2 23.1 2 Lanzarote 19.5 2 17.7 1 20.9 2 30.4 3 Tenerife 44.3 8 15.5 2 30.6 5 2.7 − Total 32.9 23 30.6 17 25.4 17 4.8 3 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Adán Martín (AIC) Ballot → 4 July 2003 Required majority → 31 out of 60 15 Yes • CC (23) • PP (17) • PIL (2) 42 60 green 125px No • PSOE (17) 17 60 red 125px Abstentions 0 60 gray 125px Absentees • PIL (1) 1 60 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography y Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias Organic Law 10/1982 10 August 1982 version as of 2 July 2002 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20821 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20821&tn=1&p=20020702 26 April 2026 Statute 1982 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 11 March 2003 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20030311 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 7/2003, de 20 de marzo, de Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias Law 7/2003 20 March 2003 version as of 24 March 2003 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2003-7685 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2003-7685&tn=1&p=20030324 26 April 2026 LEPC 2003 y Decreto 52/2003, de 31 de marzo, del Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, por el que se convocan elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias Decree 52/2003 31 March 2003 Official Gazette of the Canaries es https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/2003/063/boc-2003-063-001.pdf 26 April 2026 Decree 52/2003 2003 Regional election Canary Islands Category:Regional elections in the Canary Islands Canary Islands