Results breakdown of the 2023 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 2023. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]

Opinion polls

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 82,982 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 378,797 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 157,815 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 208,688 Canarian Coalition (CCa) Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Telde 102,472 New Canaries (NCa) Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 82,982

Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,088 29.30 −18.53 8 −6
People's Party (PP) 3,482 16.76 +3.46 5 +2
Canarian Coalition (CCa) 3,408 16.40 +1.28 5 +1
More for Arona (+PorArona) 3,169 15.25 New 4 +4
Vox (Vox) 1,788 8.61 New 2 +2
New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC) 1,071 5.15 New 1 +1
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 514 2.47 New 0 ±0
United Yes We Can (USP)1 433 2.08 −5.83 0 −1
Canarian Force Democratic Unity (FCUD) 375 1.80 New 0 ±0
Movement of the People (MDP) 144 0.69 −0.28 0 ±0
Citizens for Arona (CxArona) n/a n/a −6.81 0 −2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) n/a n/a −5.22 0 −1
Blank ballots 304 1.46 +0.67
Total 20,776 25 ±0
Valid votes 20,776 98.26 −1.03
Invalid votes 367 1.74 +1.03
Votes cast / turnout 21,143 38.80 +0.89
Abstentions 33,356 61.20 −0.89
Registered voters 54,499
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 378,797

Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50,494 33.08 +1.35 12 +1
People's Party (PP) 41,515 27.20 +5.00 9 +2
Vox (Vox) 17,233 11.29 +8.13 4 +4
New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC) 9,347 6.12 −3.38 2 −1
United Yes We Can (USP) 8,191 5.37 −5.02 1 −2
Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 7,944 5.20 −3.18 1 −1
United for Gran Canaria (UxGC) 5,066 3.32 New 0 ±0
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 2,875 1.88 New 0 ±0
Let's Talk Now (Hablemos Ahora) 2,598 1.70 New 0 ±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 1,970 1.29 −0.03 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 643 0.42 −9.09 0 −3
Seniors in Action (3e) 535 0.35 +0.20 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 527 0.35 New 0 ±0
Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANCUPPCPC)3 514 0.34 −0.37 0 ±0
Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir) 489 0.32 New 0 ±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) 197 0.13 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,499 1.64 +0.59
Total 152,637 29 ±0
Valid votes 152,637 98.62 −0.60
Invalid votes 2,140 1.38 +0.60
Votes cast / turnout 154,777 50.75 +0.04
Abstentions 150,192 49.25 −0.04
Registered voters 304,969
Sources[1][4][6]
Footnotes:

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 157,815

Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 23,459 32.56 −0.19 10 +1
Canarian Coalition (CCa)2 19,713 27.36 −0.29 8 −1
People's Party (PP) 8,827 12.25 +4.46 3 +1
Vox (Vox) 5,379 7.47 +5.18 2 +2
United We Can (USP) 5,260 7.30 −9.68 2 −3
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 4,452 6.18 New 2 +2
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA) 1,642 2.28 New 0 ±0
New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC) 1,542 2.14 −0.11 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 490 0.68 −6.42 0 −2
Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir) 227 0.32 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,057 1.47 +0.44
Total 72,048 27 ±0
Valid votes 72,048 98.66 −0.37
Invalid votes 982 1.34 +0.37
Votes cast / turnout 73,030 56.57 +0.99
Abstentions 56,073 43.43 −0.99
Registered voters 129,103
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 208,688

Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 27,142 30.16 +3.80 10 +1
Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 26,032 28.93 −1.91 9 −1
People's Party (PP) 14,474 16.08 +6.42 5 +2
Vox (Vox) 7,884 8.76 +5.64 3 +3
United Yes We Can (USP)2 4,048 4.50 −10.49 0 −3
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 3,235 3.59 New 0 ±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)3 2,421 2.69 +1.11 0 ±0
New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC) 1,457 1.62 −0.08 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 1,061 1.18 −7.18 0 −2
Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir) 237 0.26 New 0 ±0
Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANCUPPCPC)4 234 0.26 −0.26 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 218 0.24 New 0 ±0
Political Reset (Reset) 140 0.16 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,412 1.57 +0.78
Total 89,995 27 ±0
Valid votes 89,995 98.84 −0.58
Invalid votes 1,055 1.16 +0.58
Votes cast / turnout 91,050 54.35 +0.95
Abstentions 76,482 45.65 −0.95
Registered voters 167,532
Sources[1][4][5]
Footnotes:

Telde

Population: 102,472

Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA) 10,223 22.20 +11.77 7 +4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,949 15.09 −5.11 5 −1
New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC) 6,545 14.21 −10.07 4 −4
People's Party (PP) 6,200 13.46 +6.22 4 +2
Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 4,440 9.64 −2.57 3 −1
Vox (Vox) 2,883 6.26 +4.24 2 +2
More for Telde (+xT) 2,732 5.93 −1.18 2 ±0
United for Gran Canaria (UxGC) 1,133 2.46 New 0 ±0
Progressive Left of Telde (IPTelde) 987 2.14 New 0 ±0
United Yes We Can (USP) 957 2.08 −4.70 0 −2
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 742 1.61 New 0 ±0
Let's Talk Now (Hablemos Ahora) 581 1.26 New 0 ±0
La Pepa What is Ours (Lo Nuestro) 342 0.74 New 0 ±0
Roque de Gando (RDG) 259 0.56 −0.47 0 ±0
Gather Sustainable Canaries (Reunir) 136 0.30 New 0 ±0
Seniors in Action (3e) 118 0.26 +0.07 0 ±0
Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANCUPPCPC) 93 0.20 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 733 1.59 +0.71
Total 46,053 27 ±0
Valid votes 46,053 98.49 −0.46
Invalid votes 704 1.51 +0.46
Votes cast / turnout 46,757 54.59 +0.35
Abstentions 38,901 45.41 −0.35
Registered voters 85,658
Sources[1][4][6]
Footnotes:

Island Cabildos

See also

References

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