1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

Last updated March 29, 2022

The 1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 137 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

Overall

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildos election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	247,180	48.61	n/a	79	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	92,333	18.16	n/a	26	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	77,549	15.25	n/a	8	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	28,363	5.58	n/a	4	n/a
	Neighbours' Assembly (AV)	26,540	5.22	n/a	2	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	15,422	3.03	n/a	2	n/a
	Party of the Canarian Country (PPC)	6,970	1.37	n/a	0	n/a
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	5,085	1.00	n/a	9	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	2,519	0.50	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,680	0.33	n/a	6	n/a
	Assembly Independent Party (PIT)	1,226	0.24	n/a	1	n/a
	Independent Group (GI)	878	0.17	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		2,718	0.53	n/a

Total		508,463			137	n/a

Valid votes		508,463	98.27	n/a
Invalid votes		8,968	1.73	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		517,431	57.66	n/a
Abstentions		379,914	42.34	n/a
Registered voters		897,345

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Popular vote

UCD			48.61%
PSOE			18.16%
UPC			15.25%
PCE			5.58%
AV			5.22%
CD			3.03%
PPC			1.37%
AM			1.00%
AHI			0.33%
PIT			0.24%
Others			0.67%
Blank ballots			0.53%

Seats

UCD			57.66%
PSOE			18.98%
AM			6.57%
UPC			5.84%
AHI			4.38%
PCE			2.92%
AV			1.46%
CD			1.46%
PIT			0.73%

Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos.^[1]

Cabildo	New control
El Hierro		Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura		Majorera Assembly (AM)
Gran Canaria		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
La Gomera		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (AGI in 1983)
La Palma		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (AP in 1983)
Lanzarote		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Tenerife		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (ATI in 1983)

Islands

El Hierro

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,680	53.92	n/a	6	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	1,401	44.96	n/a	5	n/a

	Democratic Coalition (CD)	23	0.74	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		12	0.39	n/a

Total		3,116			11	n/a

Valid votes		3,116	99.58	n/a
Invalid votes		13	0.42	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		3,129	54.21	n/a
Abstentions		2,643	45.79	n/a
Registered voters		5,772

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Fuerteventura

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	5,085	49.54	n/a	9	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	3,677	35.82	n/a	6	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	921	8.97	n/a	1	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	575	5.60	n/a	1	n/a

Blank ballots		7	0.07	n/a

Total		10,265			17	n/a

Valid votes		10,265	99.57	n/a
Invalid votes		44	0.43	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		10,309	64.80	n/a
Abstentions		5,601	35.20	n/a
Registered voters		15,910

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Gran Canaria

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	119,217	47.46	n/a	17	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	50,998	20.30	n/a	5	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	32,241	12.84	n/a	3	n/a
	Neighbours' Assembly (AV)	26,540	10.57	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	12,653	5.04	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of the Canarian Country (PPC)	6,970	2.77	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,226	0.49	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,339	0.53	n/a

Total		251,184			27	n/a

Valid votes		251,184	97.90	n/a
Invalid votes		5,382	2.10	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		256,566	68.44	n/a
Abstentions		118,322	31.56	n/a
Registered voters		374,888

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	UCD		UPC		PSOE		AV

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Guía de Gran Canaria	61.5	3	17.1	1	14.1	−	1.3	−
Las Palmas	45.4	3	25.2	1	13.9	1	6.3	−
Telde	46.1	3	7.0	−	8.9	−	29.1	1
Gran Canaria (at-large)	47.5	8	20.3	3	12.8	2	10.6	1
Total	47.5	17	20.3	5	12.8	3	10.6	2

Sources^[2]^[3]^[4]

La Gomera

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	3,748	48.96	n/a	9	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	2,830	36.96	n/a	6	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	976	12.75	n/a	2	n/a

	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	91	1.19	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		11	0.14	n/a

Total		7,656			17	n/a

Valid votes		7,656	99.29	n/a
Invalid votes		55	0.71	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		7,711	43.94	n/a
Abstentions		9,836	56.06	n/a
Registered voters		17,547

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

La Palma

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	19,785	65.01	n/a	15	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,218	20.43	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	4,290	14.10	n/a	2	n/a
Blank ballots		141	0.46	n/a

Total		30,434			21	n/a

Valid votes		30,434	98.57	n/a
Invalid votes		442	1.43	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		30,876	53.69	n/a
Abstentions		26,628	46.31	n/a
Registered voters		57,504

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	UCD		PSOE		PCE

	%	S	%	S	%	S
Los Llanos de Aridane	72.0	4	15.9	1	11.8	−
Santa Cruz de La Palma	58.9	3	24.4	1	16.1	1
La Palma (at-large)	65.0	8	20.4	2	14.1	1
Total	65.0	15	20.4	4	14.1	2

Sources^[2]^[3]^[4]

Lanzarote

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	9,777	56.39	n/a	11	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,141	23.88	n/a	5	n/a
	Assembly Independent Party (PIT)	1,226	7.07	n/a	1	n/a
	Independent Group (GI)	878	5.06	n/a	0	n/a

	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	669	3.86	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	608	3.51	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		40	0.23	n/a

Total		17,339			17	n/a

Valid votes		17,339	99.13	n/a
Invalid votes		152	0.87	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		17,491	58.22	n/a
Abstentions		12,554	41.78	n/a
Registered voters		30,045

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Tenerife

Summary of the 3 April 1979 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	89,575	47.53	n/a	16	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	46,328	24.58	n/a	7	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	25,791	13.68	n/a	3	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	13,252	7.03	n/a	1	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	9,836	5.22	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	2,519	1.34	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,168	0.62	n/a

Total		188,469			27	n/a

Valid votes		188,469	98.49	n/a
Invalid votes		2,880	1.51	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		191,349	48.36	n/a
Abstentions		204,330	51.64	n/a
Registered voters		395,679

Sources^[1]^[2]^[3]

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	UCD		PSOE		UPC		CD

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Granadilla	65.2	2	18.0	−	4.5	−	6.9	−
Icod	55.8	2	22.9	−	7.1	−	4.2	−
La Laguna	46.9	2	24.0	1	14.6	−	7.9	−
La Orotava	47.2	2	32.7	1	8.5	−	7.5	−
Santa Cruz	40.5	1	23.1	1	20.4	1	7.0	−
Tenerife (at-large)	47.5	7	24.6	4	13.7	2	7.0	1
Total	47.5	16	24.6	7	13.7	3	7.0	1

Sources^[2]^[3]^[4]

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1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

Contents

Overall

Island Cabildo control

Islands

El Hierro

Fuerteventura

Gran Canaria

Distribution by constituency

La Gomera

La Palma

Distribution by constituency

Lanzarote

Tenerife

Distribution by constituency

See also

Related Research Articles

References