Fuerteventura (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)

Fuerteventura is one of the seven constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. The constituency currently elects 8 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Fuerteventura. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of fifteen percent in the constituency or four percent regionally.

Fuerteventura
Parliament of the Canary Islands
Electoral constituency
Location of Fuerteventura within the Canary Islands
IslandFuerteventura
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
Population119,662 (2021)[1]
Electorate74,128 (2023)
Major settlementsPuerto del Rosario
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats7 (1983–2018)
8 (2018–present)
Member(s)
  •   CCa (3)
  •   PSOE (2)
  •   PP (2)
  •   NCa (1)

Electoral system

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The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provides for the seven main islands in the Canarian archipelagoEl Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 8 for Fuerteventura—7 until 2018—15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.[2][3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Canarian citizens abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4][5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1997 reform, the threshold was set at 20 percent; between 1997 and 2018, it was set at 30 percent—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties can also enter the seat distribution as long as they reach four percent regionally—three percent until 1997, six percent between 1997 and 2018.[2][3]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[6][7][8][9]

Deputies

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Deputies 1983–present
Key to parties
  PSOE
  NCa
  CDS
  IF
  AM
  CCa
  PP
  CP
Cortes Election Distribution
1st 1983
1 2 3 1
2nd 1987
1 2 1 3
3rd 1991
2 1 2 2
4th 1995
2 1 2 2
5th 1999
2 3 2
6th 2003
2 2 3
7th 2007
3 2 2
8th 2011
2 3 2
9th 2015
1 2 3 1
10th 2019
3 1 3 1
11th 2023
2 1 3 2

Elections

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2023 regional election

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Summary of the 28 May 2023 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CCa)1 9,771 25.73 +0.60 3 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 8,129 21.41 –4.54 2 –1
People's Party (PP) 7,297 19.21 +5.37 2 +1
New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC) 4,115 10.84 –0.39 1 ±0
Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) 2,840 7.48 New 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 2,287 6.02 +2.76 0 ±0
Drago Greens Canaries (DVC) 1,612 4.24 New 0 ±0
United Yes We Can (PodemosIUC–SSP)2 834 2.20 –5.87 0 ±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) 278 0.73 +0.15 0 ±0
Blank ballots 814 2.14 +0.28
Total 37,977 8 ±0
Valid votes 37,977 96.56 –0.93
Invalid votes 1,351 3.44 +0.93
Votes cast / turnout 39,328 53.05 –1.87
Abstentions 34,800 46.95 +1.87
Registered voters 74,128
Sources[10]
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2019 regional election

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Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 9,362 25.95 +8.52 3 +1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist PartyUnited (CCaPNC)1 9,066 25.13 –9.87 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 4,991 13.84 +0.26 1 ±0
New Canaries (NCa)2 4,051 11.23 +0.40 1 +1
Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSPEquo)3 2,518 6.98 –5.20 0 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 2,069 5.74 +1.64 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 1,176 3.26 New 0 ±0
Fuerteventura Party (PF) 954 2.64 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)4 392 1.09 –0.30 0 ±0
Let's Vote Fuerteventura (Votemos) 387 1.07 New 0 ±0
Federation Free Socialist Party (PSLF) 224 0.62 New 0 ±0
With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) 210 0.58 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 672 1.86 +0.05
Total 36,072 8 +1
Valid votes 36,072 97.49 +0.35
Invalid votes 930 2.51 –0.35
Votes cast / turnout 37,002 54.92 –3.49
Abstentions 30,374 45.08 +3.49
Registered voters 67,376
Sources[11]
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2015 regional election

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Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCaPNC) 9,824 28.06 –5.67 3 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,103 17.43 +0.12 2 ±0
People's Party (PP) 4,754 13.58 –6.83 1 –1
We Can (Podemos) 4,264 12.18 New 1 +1
United (Unidos)1 2,429 6.94 –5.90 0 ±0
New Canaries (NCa) 2,347 6.70 –1.94 0 ±0
Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) 1,447 4.13 New 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 1,436 4.10 New 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC) 603 1.72 New 0 ±0
Canaries Decides (IUCLVUPALTER)2 488 1.39 –1.12 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 345 0.99 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 265 0.76 –0.31 0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 69 0.20 –0.04 0 ±0
Blank ballots 633 1.81 –1.08
Total 35,007 7 ±0
Valid votes 35,007 97.14 +0.45
Invalid votes 1,032 2.86 –0.45
Votes cast / turnout 36,039 58.41 –3.56
Abstentions 25,664 41.59 +3.56
Registered voters 61,703
Sources[12]
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2011 regional election

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Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition–Nationalist PartyCanarian Centre (CCPNC–CCN)1 11,380 33.73 –1.80 3 +1
People's Party (PP) 6,885 20.41 –3.48 2 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,842 17.31 –14.97 2 –1
Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) 4,334 12.84 New 0 ±0
Municipal Assemblies–New Fuerteventura–New Canaries (NCa) 2,915 8.64 +6.63 0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes) 847 2.51 –0.47 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 362 1.07 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 120 0.36 New 0 ±0
Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC) 80 0.24 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 976 2.89 +1.22
Total 33,741 7 ±0
Valid votes 33,741 96.69 –2.10
Invalid votes 1,155 3.31 +2.10
Votes cast / turnout 34,896 61.97 +0.99
Abstentions 21,413 38.03 –0.99
Registered voters 56,309
Sources[13][14]
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2007 regional election

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Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,814 32.28 +6.91 3 +1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC)1 10,135 30.25 –7.08 2 ±0
People's Party (PP) 8,004 23.89 –8.57 2 –1
Canarian Centre (CCN) 1,769 5.28 New 0 ±0
The Greens (Verdes) 999 2.98 +0.19 0 ±0
New Fuerteventura–New Canaries (NCa) 673 2.01 New 0 ±0
Citizens' Initiative for Fuerteventura (ICF) 286 0.85 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 161 0.48 –0.30 0 ±0
Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M) 105 0.31 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 558 1.67 +0.39
Total 33,504 7 ±0
Valid votes 33,504 98.79 –0.38
Invalid votes 409 1.21 +0.38
Votes cast / turnout 33,913 60.98 –2.86
Abstentions 21,702 39.02 +2.86
Registered voters 55,615
Sources[13][15][16]
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2003 regional election

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Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 9,872 32.46 +11.36 3 +1
Canarian Coalition (CC) 9,180 30.19 –4.49 2 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,714 25.37 –1.33 2 ±0
Independents of FuerteventuraCanarian Nationalist Federation (IF–FNC) 2,171 7.14 –4.81 0 ±0
The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) 847 2.79 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 236 0.78 –1.00 0 ±0
Blank ballots 390 1.28 –0.15
Total 30,410 7 ±0
Valid votes 30,410 99.17 –0.13
Invalid votes 254 0.83 +0.13
Votes cast / turnout 30,664 63.84 +0.91
Abstentions 17,367 36.16 –0.91
Registered voters 48,031
Sources[13][17][18]

1999 regional election

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Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC) 8,970 34.68 +3.34 3 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,907 26.70 –0.22 2 ±0
People's Party (PP) 5,457 21.10 –5.44 2 ±0
Canarian Nationalist FederationIndependents of Fuerteventura (FNC–IF) 3,092 11.95 +1.45 0 –1
Fuerteventura Popular Platform (PPF) 533 2.06 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 460 1.78 –0.91 0 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 77 0.30 –0.09 0 ±0
Blank ballots 371 1.43 +0.34
Total 25,867 7 ±0
Valid votes 25,867 99.30 ±0.00
Invalid votes 182 0.70 ±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 26,049 62.93 –7.35
Abstentions 15,346 37.07 +7.35
Registered voters 41,395
Sources[13][19]

1995 regional election

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Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 6,551 31.34 +3.75 2 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,626 26.92 +1.86 2 ±0
People's Party (PP) 5,547 26.54 +21.05 2 +2
Nationalist Canarian PlatformIndependents of Fuerteventura (PCN–IF)2 2,194 10.50 –12.66 1 –1
Canarian United Left (IUC) 563 2.69 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 113 0.54 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 81 0.39 –17.36 0 –1
Blank ballots 227 1.09 +0.39
Total 20,902 7 ±0
Valid votes 20,902 99.30 –0.20
Invalid votes 147 0.70 +0.20
Votes cast / turnout 21,049 70.28 +2.15
Abstentions 8,900 29.72 –2.15
Registered voters 29,949
Sources[13][20]
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1991 regional election

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Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Majorera Assembly (AM) 4,906 27.59 –8.25 2 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,457 25.06 +9.27 2 +1
Canarian Independent GroupsIndependents of Fuerteventura (AIC–IF) 4,118 23.16 +8.45 2 +1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3,157 17.75 –9.25 1 –1
People's Party (PP)1 976 5.49 +0.34 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 46 0.26 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 124 0.70 –0.05
Total 17,784 7 ±0
Valid votes 17,784 99.50 +0.28
Invalid votes 90 0.50 –0.28
Votes cast / turnout 17,874 68.13 –6.39
Abstentions 8,361 31.87 +6.39
Registered voters 26,235
Sources[13]
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1987 regional election

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Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Majorera Assembly (AM) 5,423 35.84 –0.17 3 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 4,085 27.00 +4.18 2 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 2,390 15.79 +1.95 1 ±0
Canarian Independent GroupsIndependents of Fuerteventura (AIC–IF) 2,226 14.71 New 1 +1
People's Alliance (AP)1 780 5.15 –13.21 0 –1
Centre Canarian Union (UCC) 114 0.75 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 114 0.75 +0.75
Total 15,132 7 ±0
Valid votes 15,132 99.22 +0.67
Invalid votes 119 0.78 –0.67
Votes cast / turnout 15,251 74.52 +8.68
Abstentions 5,215 25.48 –8.68
Registered voters 20,466
Sources[13][21][22]
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1983 regional election

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Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in Fuerteventura
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Majorera Assembly (AM) 5,551 44.99 n/a 3 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,815 22.82 n/a 2 n/a
People's Coalition (APPDPUL) 2,265 18.36 n/a 1 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,707 13.84 n/a 1 n/a
Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a
Total 12,338 7 n/a
Valid votes 12,338 98.55 n/a
Invalid votes 181 1.45 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 12,519 65.84 n/a
Abstentions 6,946 34.16 n/a
Registered voters 19,015
Sources[13][21]

References

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