Socialist Party of the Canaries

Socialist Party of the Canaries

Partido Socialista de Canarias
Socialist Party of the Canaries Partido Socialista de Canarias
Leader	José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga (head of the temporary caretaker committee)
President	Caretaker committee
Secretary-General	Caretaker committee
Headquarters	Av. Islas Canarias, 136, 38007 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Youth wing	Socialist Youth of the Canaries
Membership (2017)	6,338
Ideology	Social democracy; Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Spanish 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/
	Politics of Spain; Political parties; Elections;

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[edit]

Parliament of the Canary Islands[edit]

Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
Parliament of the Canary Islands
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)
1991	229,692	33.03%	1st	23 / 60	2	Jerónimo Saavedra	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)
2015	182,006	19.89%	1st	15 / 60	0	Patricia Hernández	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[edit]

Election	Canary Islands
Cortes Generales
	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[edit]

Election	Canary Islands
European Parliament
Election	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[edit]

^ ^a ^b Electoral alliance with New Canaries.

References[edit]

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

[PSOE–NC-3] Electoral alliance with New Canaries.

[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.

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