With almost all of the counting done (99.86 percent), the Socialist Party (PSOE) wins the elections to the Canarian Parliament with 34.70 percent of the votes, which gives it 26 deputies, 9 more than in the previous municipal and regional elections. It is followed by the Canarian Coalition with 23.10 percent of the votes and 17 seats, to which are added the 2 obtained by the Herreña Independent Association (AHI, 0.27 percent of votes), while the Popular Party obtains 15 deputies and 24.39 percent of the votes.
During the count, the PSOE has lost one seat. The rest of the political forces do not obtain representation in the Chamber.
The socialists are the most voted political party in Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Gomera. While CC has obtained the first place in La Palma and Tenerife, and, together with the acronyms of AHI, in El Hierro. The PP does not win on any island.
Regarding the abstention data, in these elections 36.25 percent of the Canarians who could vote (1,533,466 people) have decided not to exercise their right. A percentage slightly higher than that of the previous regional elections held in 2003 when 35.41 percent of the voters abstained from casting their ballot.
Regarding the electoral results, in comparison with the previous regional elections, the PSOE has seen its number of deputies in the Canarian Parliament increase by 9, while CC has suffered the opposite trend and has obtained 4 fewer seats. 2 seats is the cut that the PP has suffered.
In this sense, in 2003, the Canarian Coalition won the elections with 32.10 percent of the votes in its favor, obtaining 21 deputies, to which were added the 2 seats of AHI. Both Popular and Socialists obtained 17 deputies each (with respective voting percentages of 30.62 and 25.35 percent), and the PIL-FNC was left with 3 seats (1.42 percent of the votes).
In his last appearance before the press, the Minister of Justice and Presidency, José Miguel Ruano, assured that these are practically definitive data pending the vote of the absent residents that will be counted within 8 days.
In addition, Ruano congratulated on behalf of the outgoing Canarian Government the "winning force" of these elections the "socialist party" and thanked all the people who have worked to ensure that these elections are held normally.
ACN Press
