Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 25 May 2003. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]

City control

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 Previous control New control
Arona 52,572 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 370,649 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 135,004 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 217,415 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Telde 91,160 Canarian Coalition (CC) People's Party (PP)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 52,572
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC) 4,201 26.18 −3.02 7 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,993 24.89 −8.30 7 −1
Centre of Arona (CAN) 3,514 21.90 New 6 +6
People's Party (PP) 2,710 16.89 −1.25 4 ±0
Reformist Canarian Centre (CCR) 1,022 6.37 New 1 +1
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 422 2.63 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 65 0.41 −1.51 0 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) n/a n/a −11.71 0 −2
Blank ballots 118 0.74 −0.18
Total 16,045 25 +4
Valid votes 16,045 99.52 +0.12
Invalid votes 78 0.48 −0.12
Votes cast / turnout 16,123 50.66 +1.40
Abstentions 15,701 49.34 −1.40
Registered voters 31,824
Sources[1][3][4]

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 370,649
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 84,204 46.24 −11.30 15 −4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 51,374 28.21 +13.42 9 +4
Canarian Coalition–Commitment for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (CC–CLP) 26,377 14.48 +0.59 5 +1
Canarian Union–Canarian Nationalist Federation (UC–FNC)1 6,796 3.73 +3.05 0 ±0
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 4,166 2.29 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 3,025 1.66 −2.38 0 ±0
United Neighbors (VU) 1,281 0.70 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 578 0.32 New 0 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 406 0.22 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 328 0.18 −0.24 0 ±0
Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) 236 0.13 −0.09 0 ±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) n/a n/a −5.88 0 −1
Blank ballots 3,341 1.83 +0.37
Total 182,112 29 ±0
Valid votes 182,112 99.45 +0.10
Invalid votes 1,014 0.55 −0.10
Votes cast / turnout 183,126 61.47 +6.84
Abstentions 114,807 38.53 −6.84
Registered voters 297,933
Sources[1][3][4]
Footnotes:
  • 1 Canarian Union–Canarian Nationalist Federation results are compared to Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 1999 election.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 135,004
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC) 26,485 40.43 +8.56 12 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 24,395 37.24 −2.95 11 −2
People's Party (PP) 8,431 12.87 −2.12 4 ±0
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 1,430 2.18 +0.15 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 1,137 1.74 −3.11 0 ±0
Canarian Socialist Action Movement (MASCA) 839 1.28 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 810 1.24 −1.61 0 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 581 0.89 New 0 ±0
Canarian Management Assembly (AGC) 276 0.42 New 0 ±0
Tenerife Union (UTI) 129 0.20 New 0 ±0
Reformist Canarian Centre (CCR) 121 0.18 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 98 0.15 −0.22 0 ±0
Blank ballots 777 1.19 −0.56
Total 65,509 27 ±0
Valid votes 65,509 99.48 +0.19
Invalid votes 340 0.52 −0.19
Votes cast / turnout 65,849 55.17 −1.75
Abstentions 53,507 44.83 +1.75
Registered voters 119,356
Sources[1][3][4]

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 217,415
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC) 43,002 46.09 −11.37 14 −4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 17,475 18.73 +5.30 5 +1
People's Party (PP) 16,326 17.50 +0.78 5 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 8,785 9.41 +6.08 3 +3
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 2,494 2.67 +1.12 0 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) 1,936 2.07 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 1,559 1.67 −2.06 0 ±0
Reformist Canarian Centre (CCR) 312 0.33 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,420 1.52 −0.51
Total 93,309 27 ±0
Valid votes 93,309 99.51 +0.18
Invalid votes 455 0.49 −0.18
Votes cast / turnout 93,764 51.32 +2.22
Abstentions 88,926 48.68 −2.22
Registered voters 182,690
Sources[1][3][4]

Telde

Population: 91,160
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC) 17,975 36.07 −15.19 10 −5
People's Party (PP) 14,446 28.99 +1.86 8 ±0
Federal Group of Jinámar Valley–Citizens for Change Platform (AFV–CIUCA) 10,026 20.12 +14.17 5 +4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,041 10.11 +3.34 2 +1
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 816 1.64 New 0 ±0
Coalition for Telde (CT) 496 1.00 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 466 0.94 −1.79 0 ±0
Socialists of the Canaries (SDC) 106 0.21 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 467 0.94 +0.01
Total 49,839 25 ±0
Valid votes 49,839 99.51 +0.36
Invalid votes 243 0.49 −0.36
Votes cast / turnout 50,082 68.89 +5.06
Abstentions 22,617 31.11 −5.06
Registered voters 72,699
Sources[1][3][4]

Island Cabildos

Further information: 2003 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Canarias (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Elecciones Municipales. 25 de mayo de 2003. Canarias". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Acuerdo de 20 de junio de 2003, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 374/2003, de 31 de marzo, y celebradas el 25 de mayo, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (158 (Supplement)): 1–700. 3 July 2003. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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