Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 22 May 2011. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]

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 79,377 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 383,308 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 152,222 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 222,643 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)
Telde 100,900 New Canaries (NCa) People's Party (PP)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 79,377
Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Arona election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN) 8,143 43.04 −1.38 13 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,543 18.73 −2.82 5 −1
People's Party (PP) 2,978 15.74 +0.60 4 ±0
Centre of Arona (CAN) 1,393 7.36 −2.20 2 ±0
Citizens for Arona (CxArona) 1,122 5.93 New 1 +1
Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative (ASSPPT) 530 2.80 New 0 ±0
United LeftThe Greens–Socialists for Tenerife (IU–LV–SxTF)1 353 1.87 −2.09 0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes) 271 1.43 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 246 1.30 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 339 1.79 +0.80
Total 18,918 25 ±0
Valid votes 18,918 98.69 −0.60
Invalid votes 251 1.31 +0.60
Votes cast / turnout 19,169 48.50 −0.11
Abstentions 20,351 51.50 +0.11
Registered voters 39,520
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:
  • 1 United LeftThe Greens–Socialists for Tenerife results are compared to The Greens–Green Group totals in the 2007 election.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 383,308
Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 68,641 43.21 +6.95 16 +4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 36,615 23.05 −18.85 9 −6
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 11,096 6.98 +0.89 2 ±0
New Canaries–New Gran Canaria (NCa) 9,729 6.12 +1.58 2 +2
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN)1 7,708 4.85 +0.46 0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes) 5,397 3.40 +0.54 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 2,963 1.87 +1.25 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2,626 1.65 New 0 ±0
Common Sense in the Canaries (SCC) 2,221 1.40 New 0 ±0
Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)2 1,522 0.96 +0.81 0 ±0
United Neighbors (VU) 957 0.60 +0.29 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 822 0.52 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 606 0.38 +0.16 0 ±0
Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA) 517 0.33 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 408 0.26 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 351 0.22 +0.11 0 ±0
Unity of the People (UP) 301 0.19 +0.01 0 ±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 291 0.18 New 0 ±0
Centrist Democratic Liberals (LDC) 246 0.15 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 187 0.12 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,651 3.56 +2.03
Total 158,855 29 ±0
Valid votes 158,855 96.62 −2.75
Invalid votes 5,558 3.38 +2.75
Votes cast / turnout 164,413 56.11 −0.73
Abstentions 128,593 43.89 +0.73
Registered voters 293,006
Sources[1][4][6]
Footnotes:

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 152,222
Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN)1 26,976 39.77 −11.12 13 −2
People's Party (PP) 13,960 20.58 +9.72 6 +3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,233 15.09 −12.33 4 −5
United LeftThe Greens–Socialists for Tenerife (IU–LV–SxTF) 6,144 9.06 +6.06 3 +3
Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative (ASSPPT) 3,900 5.75 +1.90 1 +1
The Greens (Verdes) 1,436 2.12 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 978 1.44 +0.63 0 ±0
Group for La Laguna (AxLL) 921 1.36 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 703 1.04 New 0 ±0
Independent Democratic Citizen Alternative (ACDI) 334 0.49 −0.15 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 197 0.29 +0.09 0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 173 0.26 New 0 ±0
Independent Centre of the Canaries (CICAN) 137 0.20 New 0 ±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 127 0.19 New 0 ±0
Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) 60 0.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,545 2.28 +0.74
Total 67,824 27 ±0
Valid votes 67,824 97.28 −2.08
Invalid votes 1,898 2.72 +2.08
Votes cast / turnout 69,722 58.99 +1.30
Abstentions 48,464 41.01 −1.30
Registered voters 118,186
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 222,643
Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 25,407 28.36 +9.48 9 +3
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN)1 24,523 27.37 −13.16 9 −3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 13,965 15.59 −8.49 5 −2
Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative (ASSPPT) 6,717 7.50 +5.04 2 +2
United LeftThe Greens–Socialists for Tenerife (IU–LV–SxTF) 5,208 5.81 +3.45 1 +1
Citizens of Santa Cruz (CSC) 4,826 5.39 −1.66 1 −1
The Greens (Verdes) 2,302 2.57 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 1,457 1.63 +0.99 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,379 1.54 New 0 ±0
Independent Centre of the Canaries (CICAN) 442 0.49 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 387 0.43 +0.25 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 387 0.43 New 0 ±0
Canarian Social Democratic Centre (CSDC) 157 0.18 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 124 0.14 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,315 2.58 +0.73
Total 89,596 27 ±0
Valid votes 89,596 97.49 −2.01
Invalid votes 2,308 2.51 +2.01
Votes cast / turnout 91,904 56.58 +6.36
Abstentions 70,517 43.42 −6.36
Registered voters 162,421
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:

Telde

Population: 100,900
Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Telde election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
New CanariesNationalist Canarian Centre (NC–CCN)1 12,986 27.65 −9.15 9 −1
People's Party (PP) 12,392 26.39 +4.83 8 +1
Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA) 5,830 12.41 +2.03 4 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,189 8.92 −7.89 2 −3
More for Telde (+xT) 3,738 7.96 New 2 +2
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party (CCPNC) 2,922 6.22 +1.52 2 +2
The Greens (Verdes) 1,193 2.54 +0.22 0 ±0
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 751 1.60 +0.98 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 729 1.55 −0.57 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 487 1.04 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 245 0.52 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 137 0.29 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,367 2.91 +1.32
Total 46,966 27 +2
Valid votes 46,966 97.20 −2.21
Invalid votes 1,354 2.80 +2.21
Votes cast / turnout 48,320 61.32 −1.72
Abstentions 30,482 38.68 +1.72
Registered voters 78,802
Sources[1][4][6]
Footnotes:

Island Cabildos

See also

References

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