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Socialist Party of the Canaries

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Socialist Party of the Canaries
Partido Socialista de Canarias
LeaderJosé Miguel Rodríguez Fraga (head of the temporary caretaker committee)
PresidentCaretaker committee
Secretary-GeneralCaretaker committee
HeadquartersAv. Islas Canarias, 136, 38007 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Youth wingSocialist Youth of the Canaries
Membership (2017)6,338[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Progressivism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSpanish Socialist Workers' Party
Congress of Deputies (Canarian seats)
6 / 15
Spanish Senate (Canarian seats)
7 / 11
Canarian Parliament
23 / 70
Island councils
38 / 155
Town councillors (2015-2019)
375 / 1,337
Website
psoecanarias.com/web/

The Socialist Party of the Canaries (Spanish: Partido Socialista de Canarias, PSC-PSOE) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.

Electoral performance

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Parliament of the Canary Islands

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Parliament of the Canary Islands
Election Votes % # Seats +/– Leading candidate Status in legislature
1983 233,991 41.18% 1st
27 / 60
Jerónimo Saavedra Government
1987 185,749 27.77% 1st
21 / 60
2 Jerónimo Saavedra Opposition
1991 229,692 33.03% 1st
23 / 60
2 Jerónimo Saavedra Coalition (1991–1993)
Opposition (1993–1995)
1995 183,969 23.08% 3rd
16 / 60
7 Augusto Brito Opposition
1999 199,503 24.03% 2nd
19 / 60
3 Jerónimo Saavedra Opposition
2003 235,234 25.42% 3rd
17 / 60
2 Juan Carlos Alemán Opposition
2007 322,833 34.51% 1st
26 / 60
9 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Opposition
2011 190,028 20.98% 3rd
15 / 60
11 José Miguel Pérez García Coalition
2015 182,006 19.89% 1st
15 / 60
0 Patricia Hernández Coalition (2015–2016)
Opposition (2016–2019)
2019 258,255 28.88% 1st
25 / 70
10 Ángel Víctor Torres Coalition
2023 239,070 27.17% 1st
23 / 70
2 Ángel Víctor Torres Opposition

Cortes Generales

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Cortes Generales
Election Canary Islands
Congress Senate
Votes % # Seats +/– Seats +/–
1977 90,567 16.55% 2nd
3 / 13
1 / 10
1979 95,220 17.82% 2nd
3 / 13
0
1 / 11
0
1982 239,615 36.65% 1st
7 / 13
4
5 / 11
4
1986 241,197 36.06% 1st
6 / 13
1
7 / 11
2
1989 242,035 36.10% 1st
7 / 14
1
6 / 11
1
1993 241,648 29.85% 2nd
5 / 14
2
4 / 11
2
1996 263,249 29.97% 2nd
5 / 14
0
5 / 11
1
2000 186,363 22.19% 3rd
3 / 14
2
1 / 11
4
2004 333,084 34.45% 2nd
6 / 15
3
5 / 11
4
2008 395,182 39.57% 1st
7 / 15
1
7 / 11
2
2011 231,086 24.85% 2nd
4 / 15
3
3 / 11
4
2015[a] 218,413 21.97% 3rd
4 / 15
0
1 / 11
2
2016[a] 220,471 22.52% 2nd
3 / 15
1
1 / 11
0
2019 (Apr) 295,474 27.83% 1st
5 / 15
2
8 / 11
7
2019 (Nov) 273,596 28.88% 1st
5 / 15
0
7 / 11
1
2023 341,261 33.34% 1st
6 / 15
1
7 / 11
0

European Parliament

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European Parliament
Election Canary Islands
Votes % #
1987 200,405 32.70% 1st
1989 181,332 34.89% 1st
1994 149,626 24.81% 2nd
1999 200,628 24.54% 3rd
2004 206,168 38.50% 2nd
2009 218,968 36.02% 2nd
2014 126,980 22.22% 2nd
2019 287,033 32.01% 1st

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Electoral alliance with New Canaries.

References

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  1. ^ 1.100.000 papeletas, 5.000 urnas y 187.949 militantes: todo listo para las primarias. El Confidencial, 19/05/2017.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2003). "Canary Islands/Spain". Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.