2011 Canarian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands 2011 Canarian regional election Canary Islands parliamentary no 2007 Canarian regional election 2007 2015 Canarian regional election 2015 All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands 31 #Opinion polls 1,580,700 10px 1.5% 931,010 (58.9%)10px 1.5 pp 22 May 2011 170x170px José Manuel Soria People's Party of the Canary Islands 3 October 1999 Gran Canaria 15 seats, 24.0% 21 10px 6 289,381 31.9% 10px 7.9 pp 170x170px Paulino Rivero CC–PNC–CCN 3 February 2007 Tenerife 19 seats, 28.1%"CC+CCN" Results for CC–PNC (24.1%, 19 seats) and CCN (4.0%, 0 seats)—not including Lanzarote—in the 2007 election. 21 10px 2 225,948 24.9% 10px 3.2 pp 170x170px José Miguel Pérez García Socialist Party of the Canaries 20 March 2010 Gran Canaria 26 seats, 34.5% 15 10px 11 190,028 21.0% 10px 13.5 pp 170x170px Román Rodríguez New Canaries 26 February 2005 Gran Canaria 0 seats, 6.5%"NC+PIL" Results for NCa (5.4%, 0 seats) and PIL (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 2007 election. 3 10px 3 93,634 9.1% 10px 2.6 pp CanaryDistrictMapParliament2011.png 400px Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands President President after election Paulino Rivero Canarian Coalition Paulino Rivero Canarian Coalition A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 22 May 2011 to elect the 8th 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 27 May 2007, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 22 May 2011. 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 29 March 2011 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 22 May.Decree 43/2011 2011 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). Amendments earlier in 2011 required non-resident citizens to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting (es Voto rogado).LOREG 1985 art. 75.Reig Pellicer Naiara 16 December 2015 http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote.html Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote cafebabel.co.uk 17 July 2017 31 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210831202218/https://cafebabel.com/en/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote-5ae00a98f723b35a145e6867/ usurped 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 43/2011 2011 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=7 Los grupos parlamentarios. VII Legislatura es Parliament of the Canary Islands 3 May 2026 + Parliamentary composition in March 2011 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 26 26 Canarian Coalition Parliamentary Group (CC) CC 17 19 AHI 2 People's Parliamentary Group PP 15 15 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). Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.LOREG 1985 art. 44 bis. 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 PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px José Miguel Pérez García Social democracy 34.5% 26 21 March 2010 José Miguel Pérez, nuevo secretario general de los socialistas canarios https://www.diariocritico.com/noticia/199646/noticias/jose-miguel-perez-nuevo-secretario-general-de-los-socialistas-canarios.html es Diario Crítico 3 May 20263 October 2010 AMP.- Primarias.- José Miguel Pérez (72,12%) será el candidato del PSOE en Canarias tras ganar en todas las islas https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-amp-primarias-jose-miguel-perez-7212-sera-candidato-psoe-canarias-ganar-todas-islas-20101003233319.html es Europa Press Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2 May 20266 October 2010 Primarias.- La Comisión de Garantías del PSOE proclama a los 14 candidatos elegidos en procesos de primarias https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-primarias-comision-garantias-psoe-proclama-14-candidatos-elegidos-procesos-primarias-20101006181335.html es Europa Press Madrid 2 May 2026 CC–PNC List on Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) Canarian Centre (CCN) 50px Paulino Rivero RegionalismCanarian nationalismCentrism 28.1%"CC+CCN" 19 20 July 2010 Paulino Rivero consigue el respaldo mayoritario de CC para repetir como candidato a la Presidencia en 2011 https://www.lavozdelanzarote.com/actualidad/politica/paulino-rivero-consigue-el-respaldo-mayoritario-de-cc-para-repetir-como-candidato-a-la-presidencia-en-2011_60781_102.html es La Voz de Lanzarote 2 May 2026 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px José Manuel Soria ConservatismChristian democracy 24.0% 15 27 September 2008 Soria ha sido reelegido como presidente del PP de Canarias con un 94,6 por ciento de los votos https://www.abc.es/espana/canarias/abci-soria-sido-reelegido-como-presidente-pp-canarias-ciento-votos-200809270300-81271882234_noticia.html es ABC 2 May 2026Anastasio Joaquín 31 December 2010 Rajoy avala el tercer intento de Soria de acceder a la Presidencia https://www.laprovincia.es/canarias/2010/12/31/rajoy-avala-tercer-soria-acceder-10733709.html es La Provincia 2 May 2026 NCa List on New Canaries (NCa) Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) New Fuerteventura (NF) Nationalist Party of Lanzarote (PNL) New Gran Canaria (NGC) Socialists for La Gomera (SxLG) New Gomera (NG) Socialists for Tenerife (SxTf) Initiative for La Palma (ILP) 50px Román Rodríguez Canarian nationalismSocial democracy 6.5%"NC+PIL" 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 25px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 28px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=New Canaries|NCa CCN PIL 27px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Lead 2011 regional election 22 May 2011 58.9 21.075% Verdana 15 24.975% Verdana 21 31.975% Verdana 21 9.175% Verdana 3 "CC" Within CC. "NC" Within NCa. 0.875% Verdana 0 1.075% Verdana 0 7.0 Demométrica/ACN PressEmpate a escaños entre PP, PSC y CC http://www.canariasahora.com:80/noticia/182147 https://web.archive.org/web/20110829034332/http://www.canariasahora.com/noticia/182147 dead 29 August 2011 es Canarias Ahora 14 May 2011 22 May 2020 Empate en escaños CC-PP-PSOE en el Parlamento de Canarias (ACN Press) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/05/empate-en-escanos-cc-pp-psoe-en-el-parlamento-de-canarias-acn-press/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110519202314/http://www.electometro.es/2011/05/empate-en-escanos-cc-pp-psoe-en-el-parlamento-de-canarias-acn-press/ dead 19 May 2011 es Electómetro 14 May 2011 22 May 2015 2–12 May 2011 2,820? 26.975% Verdana 17/19 25.875% Verdana 17/19 30.475% Verdana 16/19 11.675% Verdana 6 "CC" "NC" – – 3.5 NC Report/La RazónEl PP doblega al PSOE a siete días de la cita electoral http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral es La Razón 15 May 2011 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20110903131231/http://larazon.es/noticia/4003-el-pp-doblega-al-psoe-a-siete-dias-de-la-cita-electoral 3 September 2011 Vuelco en Cantabria (La Razón) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/05/vuelco-en-cantabria-la-razon/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110519203926/http://www.electometro.es/2011/05/vuelco-en-cantabria-la-razon/ dead 19 May 2011 es Electómetro 15 May 2011 22 May 2020 3–10 May 2011?? 25.975% Verdana 17/18 27.575% Verdana 20/21 27.975% Verdana 19/20?75% Verdana 2/3 "CC" "NC" – – 0.4 Ikerfel/VocentoCC puede continuar en las islas con el pacto que da aire a Zapatero hasta 2012 https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2011/05/09/024.html es ABC 9 May 2011 9 May 2011?? 28.875% Verdana 19/21 25.775% Verdana 18/19 22.975% Verdana 15/16 12.975% Verdana 6 "CC" "NC" – – 3.1 TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3Triple empate entre CC, PSOE Y PP en Canarias https://www.antena3.com/especiales/elecciones-autonomicas-municipales/22m-2011/triple-empate-psoe-canarias_20110510574464164beb287180b52fe7.html es Antena 3 10 May 2011Encuesta de TNS para Antena 3 y Onda Cero. Elecciones 22M. Expectativas electorales en Canarias http://www.tns-global.es/docs/docs_soluciones_472.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120626070730/http://www.tns-global.es/docs/docs_soluciones_472.pdf dead 26 June 2012 es TNS Demoscopia 10 May 2011 9 May 2011 1,500? 26.775% Verdana 19/21 28.475% Verdana 18/20 27.775% Verdana 18/20 6.075% Verdana 0/3 – "NC" – – 0.7 Celeste-Tel/TerraBarómetro electoral autonómico http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/Eleccionesccaa.pdf es Celeste-Tel 9 May 2011 22 May 2015 24 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250424165027/http://www.celeste-tel.es/images/Eleccionesccaa.pdf dead 13–20 Apr 2011 700? 23.275% Verdana 16 25.175% Verdana 20 30.375% Verdana 21 8.575% Verdana 2 – "NC" – – 5.2 OPMC ConsultoresPSOE y CC empatarían a diputados http://www.canariasahora.com:80/noticia/180143 https://web.archive.org/web/20110504122603/http://www.canariasahora.com/noticia/180143 dead 4 May 2011 es Canarias Ahora 29 April 2011 22 May 2020 PSOE y CC empatarían a diputados en Canarias (Canarias Ahora) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/04/psoe-y-cc-empatarian-a-diputados-en-canarias-canarias-ahora/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110818170120/http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/psoe-y-cc-empatarian-a-diputados-en-canarias-canarias-ahora/ dead 18 August 2011 es Electómetro 30 April 2011 22 May 2015 5–17 Apr 2011 2,400? 27.775% Verdana 20/21 27.175% Verdana 19/21 30.675% Verdana 16/18 9.275% Verdana 3 – "NC" – – 2.9 CISPreelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2011. Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Estudio nº 2875. Marzo-Abril 2011) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2875mar_a es CIS 5 May 2011El PSOE fija su objetivo: salvar los muebles https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2011/05/06/pagina-14/86637260/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 6 May 2011 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,797? 30.275% Verdana 23 23.975% Verdana 19/20 27.375% Verdana 16/17 5.175% Verdana 0/2 – "NC" 1.775% Verdana 0 0.875% Verdana 0 2.9 Sigma Dos/El MundoEl Mundo 25-27 de Abril 2011 https://es.scribd.com/document/141982762/El-Mundo-25-27-de-Abril-2011 es El Mundo 25 April 2011 7–12 Apr 2011 1,200? 27.375% Verdana 17/18 25.675% Verdana 17/22 33.675% Verdana 19/23 6.075% Verdana 1/3 – "NC" – – 6.3 Demométrica/ACN PressEl PP sería la primera fuerza, con una derrota del PSC https://www.laprovincia.es/canarias/2011/04/02/pp-seria-primera-fuerza-derrota-psc/363029.html es La Provincia 2 April 2011Empate a tres en el Parlamento de Canarias (ACN Press) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/04/empate-a-tres-en-el-parlamento-de-canarias-acn-press/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110404170252/http://www.electometro.es/2011/04/empate-a-tres-en-el-parlamento-de-canarias-acn-press/ dead 4 April 2011 es Electómetro 2 April 2011 22 May 2020 22 Feb–17 Mar 2011 2,806? 26.975% Verdana 17/19 24.675% Verdana 16/19 30.775% Verdana 17/19 11.075% Verdana 6 – "NC" – – 3.8 Sigma Dos/PPEl PP sería el partido más votado en Canarias, delante del PSOE y con CC de tercera fuerza, según un sondeo http://www.europapress.es:80/islas-canarias/noticia-pp-seria-partido-mas-votado-canarias-delante-psoe-cc-tercera-fuerza-sondeo-20110312180502.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110404232003/http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-pp-seria-partido-mas-votado-canarias-delante-psoe-cc-tercera-fuerza-sondeo-20110312180502.html dead 4 April 2011 es Europa Press 12 March 2011 22 May 2020 El parlamento canario contará con las mismas formaciones (Sigma Dos) http://www.electometro.es:80/2011/03/3017 https://web.archive.org/web/20110315091237/http://www.electometro.es/2011/03/3017 dead 15 March 2011 es Electómetro 12 March 2011 22 May 2015 Un sondeo otorga la victoria al PP en las elecciones regionales https://www.abc.es/20110314/comunidad-canarias/abcp-sondeo-otorga-victoria-elecciones-20110314.html es ABC 14 March 2011 15–18 Feb 2011 3,600? 28.075% Verdana 16/21 25.775% Verdana 19/20 33.175% Verdana 20/24 – – – – – 5.1 Perfiles/Canarias7CC gana las elecciones https://es.slideshare.net/coalicioncanariadetelde/estudio-publicado-en-canarias-7 es Canarias7 13 February 2011El Partido Socialista Canario registra su mayor caída en la circunscripción electoral de Gran Canaria https://es.slideshare.net/coalicioncanariadetelde/encuesta-perfiles-para-c7-pag2 es Canarias7 13 February 2011Coalición Canaria ganaría las autonómicas y Nueva Canaria entraría en la Cámara (Canarias7) http://www.electometro.es/2011/02/coalicion-canaria-ganaria-las-autonomicas-y-nueva-canaria-entraria-en-la-camara-canarias7/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110906192515/http://www.electometro.es/2011/02/coalicion-canaria-ganaria-las-autonomicas-y-nueva-canaria-entraria-en-la-camara-canarias7/ dead 6 September 2011 es Electómetro 14 February 2011 1–9 Feb 2011 2,400? 22.0–23.075% Verdana 17 30.0–31.075% Verdana 22/24 29.0–30.075% Verdana 17/20 7.0–8.075% Verdana 1/3 – "NC" – – 1.0 Sigma Dos/El MundoCoalición Canaria sigue teniendo la llave del archipiélago (El Mundo) http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/coalicion-canaria-sigue-teniendo-la-llave-del-archipielago-el-mundo/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110123004810/http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/coalicion-canaria-sigue-teniendo-la-llave-del-archipielago-el-mundo/ dead 23 January 2011 es Electómetro 7 January 2011 21–27 Dec 2010 1,200? 27.675% Verdana 17/18 25.275% Verdana 18/22 37.075% Verdana 21/24 – – – – – 9.4 OPMC ConsultoresEl PSC-PSOE ganaría otra vez las elecciones con 23 diputados http://www.canariasahora.es:80/noticia/145886/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101126174319/http://www.canariasahora.es/noticia/145886/ dead 26 November 2010 es Canarias Ahora 14 August 2010 22 May 2020 El PSOE estaría a la cabeza en Canarias (OPMC) http://www.electometro.es/2010/09/el-psoe-estaria-a-la-cabeza-en-canarias-opmc/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111130022711/http://www.electometro.es/2010/09/el-psoe-estaria-a-la-cabeza-en-canarias-opmc/ dead 30 November 2011 es Electómetro 2 September 2010 12–24 Jul 2010 3,600 60.1 31.775% Verdana 23 20.575% Verdana 14 28.475% Verdana 14 "CCN" Within CCN. 15.875% Verdana 9 "CCN" – – 3.3 60.1 33.175% Verdana 23/25 22.775% Verdana 18/19 29.675% Verdana 15/16 6.775% Verdana 0/2 5.275% Verdana 0/2 0.875% Verdana 0 – – 3.5 Sigma Dos/El MundoCuarta entrega de sondeos de El Mundo: Navarra, Aragón y Canarias http://www.electometro.es/2010/06/cuarta-entrega-de-sondeos-de-el-mundo-navarra-aragon-y-canarias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100622053537/http://www.electometro.es/2010/06/cuarta-entrega-de-sondeos-de-el-mundo-navarra-aragon-y-canarias/ dead 22 June 2010 es Electómetro 2 June 2010 19–24 May 2010 1,200? 30.775% Verdana 20/23 22.075% Verdana 14/17 35.375% Verdana 22/24 – – – – – 4.6 2009 EP election 7 Jun 2009 39.2 36.075% Verdana (23) 15.875% Verdana (12) 40.875% Verdana (25) – – – 1.675% Verdana (0) 1.275% Verdana (0) 4.8 KDK CreativaPEV-2009 MAYO https://www.datosdelanzarote.com/Uploads/doc/20090601092446163PEVmayo2009-INFORME.pdf es KDK Creativa 1 June 2009 13 April 2025 10 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101210213535/https://www.datosdelanzarote.com/Uploads/doc/20090601092446163PEVmayo2009-INFORME.pdf bot: unknown 1 Jun 2009 2,550 60.5 33.675% Verdana 22 23.175% Verdana 16/17 27.475% Verdana 14 9.875% Verdana 5/6 6.975% Verdana 1/3 0.875% Verdana 0 – – 6.2 2008 general election 9 Mar 2008 65.9 39.675% Verdana (27) 17.575% Verdana (10) 35.075% Verdana (23) 3.875% Verdana (0) "NC" "CC" 1.275% Verdana (0) 0.475% Verdana (0) 4.6 2007 regional election 27 May 2007 60.4 34.575% Verdana 26 24.275% Verdana 19 24.075% Verdana 15 5.475% Verdana 0 4.075% Verdana 0 1.075% Verdana 0 0.775% Verdana 0 – 10.3 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 28px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=New Canaries|NCa 27px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Lead 2011 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 22 May 2011 12.9 15.3 19.6 5.6 0.5 0.6 36.8 4.3 CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,797 13.1 15.0 16.1 1.3 1.1 0.4 39.9 7.3 1.1 2009 EP election"CERA" 7 Jun 2009 14.6 6.4 16.7 – 0.6 0.5 59.0 4.8 2008 general election"CERA" 9 Mar 2008 26.6 11.3 23.9 2.6 0.9 0.2 32.4 2.7 2007 regional election"CERA" 27 May 2007 22.0 14.8 15.4 3.5 0.3 – 36.2 6.6 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 25px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 28px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=New Canaries|NCa 27px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Other/None Lead CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,797 17.1 19.9 22.5 1.9 1.2 0.6 10.3 26.4 2.6 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 25px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 28px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=New Canaries|NCa 27px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC 27px|link=Union, Progress and Democracy|UPyD Other/None Lead CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,797 8.4 29.1 30.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.6 29.2 1.1 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 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead PérezPSOE RiveroCC SoriaPP RodríguezNCa GonzálezCCN TamayoIUC GarcíaUPyD CIS 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 1,797 9.2 27.4 18.4 – – 0.9 0.3 13.6 30.1 9.0 Perfiles/Canarias7 1–9 Feb 2011 2,400 14.0 31.1 27.7 6.2 2.4 – – 5.8 12.8 3.4 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 289,381 31.94 +7.90 21 +6 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1 225,948 24.94 −3.16 21 +2 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 190,028 20.98 −13.53 15 −11 New Canaries (NCa)2 82,148 9.07 +2.60 3 +3 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)3 19,020 2.10 +1.58 0 ±0 The Greens (Verdes) 18,831 2.08 +0.18 0 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 9,069 1.00 New 0 ±0 Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 7,382 0.81 −0.10 0 ±0 Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,818 0.75 +0.05 0 ±0 Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 6,494 0.72 +0.45 0 ±0 Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) 4,761 0.53 New 0 ±0 Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) 4,334 0.48 New 0 ±0 Canarian Patriotic Movement (MPC) 2,750 0.30 New 0 ±0 Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 2,715 0.30 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 2,368 0.26 +0.12 0 ±0 Party for Services and Public Employed (PSyEP) 1,993 0.22 New 0 ±0 For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,442 0.16 New 0 ±0 Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 1,268 0.14 +0.05 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 1,246 0.14 +0.06 0 ±0 Unity of the People (UP) 1,133 0.13 −0.03 0 ±0 Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 1,018 0.11 New 0 ±0 Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) 361 0.04 New 0 ±0 National Democracy (DN) 314 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 120 0.01 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 25,017 2.76 +1.34 Total 905,959 60 ±0 Valid votes 905,959 97.31 −2.12 Invalid votes 25,051 2.69 +2.12 Votes cast / turnout 931,010 58.90 −1.54 Abstentions 649,690 41.10 +1.54 Registered voters 1,580,700 Sourceshttps://www.parcan.es/elecciones/2011/ Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias. Elecciones 2011 es Parliament of the Canary Islands 26 April 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election, not including Canarian Centre results in Lanzarote. 2 New Canaries results are compared to the combined totals of New Canaries and Canarian Centre in Lanzarote in the 2007 election. 3 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative totals in the 2007 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 31.94 CC–PNC–CCN Agreement of Nationalist Unity 24.94 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 20.98 NCa New Canaries 9.07 ACSSP Alternativa Sí se puede 2.10 Verdes Confederation of the Greens 2.08 UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy 1.00 Others #777777 5.13 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 2.76 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 35.00 CC–PNC–CCN Agreement of Nationalist Unity 35.00 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 25.00 NCa New Canaries 5.00 Distribution by constituency Constituency PP CC–PNC PSOE NCa % S % S % S % S El Hierro 25.3 1 35.7 1 33.9 1 Fuerteventura 20.4 2 33.7 3 17.3 2 8.6 − Gran Canaria 41.4 8 9.2 1 21.1 4 14.3 2 La Gomera 24.7 1 20.9 1 44.9 2 4.2 − La Palma 28.1 2 39.5 4 24.9 2 1.8 − Lanzarote 22.4 2 34.8 4 17.2 1 13.6 1 Tenerife 25.6 5 36.6 7 20.2 3 4.7 − Total 31.9 21 24.9 21 21.0 15 9.1 3 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Paulino Rivero (CC) Ballot → 5 July 2011 Required majority → 31 out of 60 15 Yes • CC–PNC–CCN (21) • PSOE (15) 36 60 green 125px No • PP (21) 21 60 red 125px Abstentions • NCa (2) • PIL (1) 3 60 gray 125px Absentees 0 60 black 125px Sources5 July 2011 Investidura Canarias.- Paulino Rivero logra la confianza del Parlamento para ser presidente del Gobierno canario https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-investidura-canarias-paulino-rivero-logra-confianza-parlamento-ser-presidente-gobierno-canario-20110705192011.html es Europa Press Santa Cruz de Tenerife 27 April 2026 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 17 July 2010 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20821 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20821&tn=1&p=20100717 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 30 April 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20110430 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 20 April 2007 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2003-7685 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2003-7685&tn=1&p=20070420 26 April 2026 LEPC 2003 y Decreto 43/2011, de 28 de marzo, del Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, por el que se convocan elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias Decree 43/2011 28 March 2011 Official Gazette of the Canaries BOC-A-2011-064-1576 es https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/2011/064/002.html 26 April 2026 Decree 43/2011 2011 Regional election Canary Islands Category:Regional elections in the Canary Islands Canary Islands