Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 24 May 2015. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Opinion polls

Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.

PSOE (27.13%)

CCa–PNC (22.29%)

PP (20.04%)

NC–FA (6.51%)

SSP (2.97%)

Unidos (2.03%)

ASG (1.74%)

RA (1.23%)

C's (1.16%)

Podemos (1.09%)

Canarias Decide (1.09%)

CCN (1.01%)

Other (11.71%)

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 municipal election results in the Canary Islands →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	194,057	20.93	–1.00	375	–11
	People's Party (PP)	188,244	20.31	–7.10	277	–67
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)	157,968	17.04	–5.54	308	–100
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)¹	155,968	16.83	–5.51	297	–99
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,000	0.22	–0.02	11	–1
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	75,010	8.09	+1.91	90	+28
	We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos)	38,194	4.12	New	15	+15
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	36,734	3.96	New	16	+16
	United (Unidos)	27,423	2.96	+0.46	28	–9
	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)	20,570	2.22	New	12	+12
	Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO)	3,384	0.37	–0.12	9	–8
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	3,153	0.34	–0.20	7	–9
	Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa)	316	0.03	–1.44	0	–4
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)²	27,160	2.93	–1.35	15	+5
	Yes We Can (SSP)	25,794	2.78	+0.62	41	+21
	We Can–United Left–Yes We Can (Podemos–IUC–SSP)	16,585	1.79	New	9	+9
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative–Green Canarian Party (ANC–PVerde)	14,782	1.59	+1.05	9	+9
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	5,848	0.63	+0.09	0	±0
	Green Canarian Party (PVerde)	5,070	0.55	New	0	±0
	We Are Lanzarote (SomosLanzarote)	3,864	0.42	New	9	+9
	Roque Aguayro (RA)	10,754	1.16	+0.19	17	+3
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	9,564	1.03	New	0	–2
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	7,179	0.77	+0.08	14	+1
	More for Telde (+xT)	6,671	0.72	+0.31	4	+2
	Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)	5,032	0.54	New	3	+3
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	4,287	0.46	New	24	+24
	Let's Win (Ganemos)	3,768	0.41	New	4	+4
	Independent Group of Santa Úrsula (AISU)	3,146	0.34	–0.05	8	±0
	Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA)	3,035	0.33	–0.60	10	±0
	Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)	2,583	0.28	+0.01	7	+1
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,178	0.23	New	0	±0
	Santa Cruz Now (Ahora SC)	2,160	0.23	New	0	±0
	Citizens for Arona (CxArona)	1,774	0.19	+0.07	3	+2
	Vox (Vox)	1,091	0.12	New	0	±0
	Others	47,093	5.08	—	105	+24
Blank ballots		14,720	1.59	–0.67

Total		926,986	100.00		1,382	–22

Valid votes		926,986	98.37	+0.73
Invalid votes		15,339	1.63	–0.73
Votes cast / turnout		942,325	60.24	–2.50
Abstentions		622,036	39.76	+2.50
Registered voters		1,564,361

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 2011 elections. ² Canaries Decides results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–The Greens–Socialists for Tenerife, The Greens and Unity of the People in the 2011 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			20.93%
PP			20.31%
CCa–PNC			17.04%
NC–FA			8.09%
Podemos			4.12%
C's			3.96%
Unidos			2.96%
Canarias Decide			2.93%
SSP			2.78%
P–IUC–SSP			1.79%
ANC–PVerde			1.59%
RA			1.16%
UPyD			1.03%
Others			9.71%
Blank ballots			1.59%

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
Arona	79,890	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	382,283	People's Party (PP)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	153,009	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	205,279	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)
Telde	102,076	People's Party (PP)	New Canaries (NCa)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 79,890

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,806	35.28	+16.55	12	+7
	People's Party (PP)	3,008	15.59	–0.15	5	+1
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	2,734	14.17	–28.87	5	–8
	Citizens for Arona (CxArona)	1,774	9.20	+3.27	3	+2

	United with Arona (Unidos con Arona)	954	4.95	New	0	±0
	Yes We Can (SSP)	951	4.93	+2.13	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	927	4.81	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	732	3.79	New	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)¹	479	2.48	–0.82	0	±0
	Let's Win (Ganemos)	355	1.84	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	222	1.15	–0.15	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	97	0.50	New	0	±0
	Centre of Arona (CAN)	n/a	n/a	–7.36	0	–2
Blank ballots		253	1.31	–0.48

Total		19,292			25	±0

Valid votes		19,292	98.91	+0.22
Invalid votes		213	1.09	–0.22
Votes cast / turnout		19,505	41.35	–7.15
Abstentions		27,666	58.65	+7.15
Registered voters		47,171

Sources^[1]^[5]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ Canaries Decides results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–The Greens–Socialists for Tenerife and The Greens in the 2011 election.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 382,283

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	48,543	28.76	–14.45	10	–6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	33,312	19.74	–3.31	7	–2
	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Can (LPGC Puede)	27,243	16.14	New	6	+6
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	13,019	7.71	New	2	+2
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	12,635	7.49	+1.37	2	±0
	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)¹	9,381	5.56	–1.75	2	±0

	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)²	5,889	3.49	–1.97	0	±0
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	5,372	3.18	–1.67	0	±0
	Canarian Green Party (PVerde)	4,203	2.49	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,325	1.38	–0.27	0	±0
	Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)	1,533	0.91	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	998	0.59	+0.33	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	689	0.41	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	542	0.32	–0.20	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	205	0.12	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,889	1.71	–1.85

Total		168,778			29	±0

Valid votes		168,778	98.63	+2.01
Invalid votes		2,339	1.37	–2.01
Votes cast / turnout		171,117	56.96	+0.85
Abstentions		129,288	43.04	–0.85
Registered voters		300,405

Sources^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Footnotes: ¹ United for Gran Canaria results are compared to the combined totals of Commitment to Gran Canaria and Citizens for Canarian Change in the 2011 election. ² Canaries Decides results are compared to the combined totals of The Greens, Canarian United Left and Unity of the People in the 2011 election.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 153,009

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	16,670	23.94	–15.83	7	–6
	United We Can (Unid@s Se Puede)¹	12,889	18.51	+3.70	6	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,592	18.09	+3.00	5	+1
	People's Party (PP)	10,569	15.18	–5.40	4	–2
	For Tenerife–New Canaries (XTF–NC)	6,678	9.59	New	3	+3
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	4,993	7.17	New	2	+2

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,247	1.79	+0.73	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	846	1.22	–0.22	0	±0
	Participatory Democracy (Participa)	649	0.93	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	591	0.85	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	493	0.71	+0.45	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,401	2.01	–0.27

Total		69,618			27	±0

Valid votes		69,618	98.21	+0.93
Invalid votes		1,272	1.79	–0.93
Votes cast / turnout		70,890	58.10	–0.89
Abstentions		51,134	41.90	+0.89
Registered voters		122,024

Sources^[1]^[5]^[10]
Footnotes: ¹ United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–The Greens–Socialists for Tenerife and Yes We Can for Tenerife Alternative in the 2011 election.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 205,279

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	21,485	24.26	–3.11	9	±0
	People's Party (PP)	15,470	17.47	–10.89	6	–3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,720	13.24	–2.35	4	–1
	Yes We Can (SSP)	10,694	12.08	+4.58	4	+2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	8,395	9.48	New	3	+3
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)¹	4,513	5.10	–3.28	1	±0

	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,178	2.46	New	0	±0
	Santa Cruz Now (Ahora SC)	2,160	2.44	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	1,673	1.89	+0.26	0	±0
	For Tenerife–New Canaries–Broad Front (XTF–NC)	1,604	1.81	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	1,601	1.81	New	0	±0
	Santa Cruz Common Sense (SCSC)	1,306	1.47	New	0	±0
	Socialists for Tenerife–Greens (SxTF–Verdes)	1,122	1.27	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,042	1.18	–0.15	0	±0
	Participatory Democracy Santa Cruz (Participa)	955	1.08	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	408	0.46	+0.03	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	402	0.45	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	300	0.34	–0.09	0	±0
	Citizens of Santa Cruz (CSC)	n/a	n/a	–5.39	0	–1
Blank ballots		1,518	1.71	–0.87

Total		88,546			27	±0

Valid votes		88,546	98.63	+1.14
Invalid votes		1,233	1.37	–1.14
Votes cast / turnout		89,779	55.06	–1.52
Abstentions		73,266	44.94	+1.52
Registered voters		163,045

Sources^[1]^[5]^[11]
Footnotes: ¹ Canaries Decides results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–The Greens–Socialists for Tenerife and The Greens in the 2011 election.

Telde

Population: 102,076

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	10,208	20.68	–6.97	7	–2
	More for Telde (+xT)	6,671	13.51	+5.55	4	+2
	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)¹	6,220	12.60	–1.41	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,701	11.55	+2.63	4	+2
	People's Party (PP)	4,308	8.73	–17.66	3	–5
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	4,053	8.21	+1.99	2	±0
	We Can Win Telde (SPGT)	3,621	7.33	New	2	+2
	Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)	2,629	5.33	New	1	+1

	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	1,766	3.58	New	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)²	1,545	3.13	–0.96	0	±0
	Let's Win Telde (Ganemos)	940	1.90	New	0	±0
	Roque de Gando (RDG)	482	0.98	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	341	0.69	–0.35	0	±0
	Canarian Convergence Party (PACC)	156	0.32	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		726	1.47	–1.44

Total		49,367			27	±0

Valid votes		49,367	98.49	+1.29
Invalid votes		757	1.51	–1.29
Votes cast / turnout		50,124	61.94	+0.62
Abstentions		30,796	38.06	–0.62
Registered voters		80,920

Sources^[1]^[7]^[12]
Footnotes: ¹ United for Gran Canaria results are compared to the combined totals of Citizens for Canarian Change and Commitment to Gran Canaria in the 2011 election. ² Canaries Decides results are compared to the combined totals of The Greens and Canarian United Left in the 2011 election.

Island Cabildos

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