La Gomera (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)

For the Senate constituency, see La Gomera (Senate constituency).

La Gomera
Parliament of the Canary Islands Electoral Constituency
Location of La Gomera within the Canary Islands
Island	La Gomera
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Population	21,503 (2019) [1]
Electorate	25,742 (2019)
Major settlements	San Sebastián de La Gomera
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	4
Member(s)	ASG (3)   PSOE (1)

La Gomera 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 4 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Gomera. 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.

Electoral system

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 archipelago—El 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). ^[4] 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. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Deputies

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

Elections

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	6,222	52.12	+9.16	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	2,476	20.74	+4.31	1	±0
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	1,092	9.15	–1.36	0	±0
	Yes We Can Canaries (Podemos–SSP–Equo)1	792	6.63	–2.14	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)	524	4.39	–5.90	0	±0
	New Canaries (NCa)	476	3.99	–1.94	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	201	1.68	–0.35	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)2	58	0.49	–0.75	0	±0
Blank ballots		97	0.81	–0.08
Total		11,938			4	±0
Valid votes		11,938	98.91	+0.53
Invalid votes		132	1.09	–0.53
Votes cast / turnout		12,070	46.89	–0.63
Abstentions		13,672	53.11	+0.63
Registered voters		25,742
Sources [9]
Footnotes: 1 Yes We Can Canaries results are compared to We Can totals in the 2015 election. 2 Canarian United Left results are compared to Canaries Decides totals in the 2015 election.

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	5,090	42.96	New	3	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,946	16.43	–28.50	1	–1
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	1,245	10.51	–10.35	0	–1
	People's Party (PP)	1,219	10.29	–14.44	0	–1
	We Can (Podemos)	1,039	8.77	New	0	±0
	New Canaries (NCa)	703	5.93	+1.71	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	241	2.03	New	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (IUC–LV–UP–ALTER)1	147	1.24	–1.23	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	86	0.73	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	15	0.13	–0.12	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	11	0.09	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		105	0.89	–0.45
Total		11,847			4	±0
Valid votes		11,847	98.38	+0.03
Invalid votes		195	1.62	–0.03
Votes cast / turnout		12,042	47.52	–4.27
Abstentions		13,301	52.48	+4.27
Registered voters		25,343
Sources [10]
Footnotes: 1 Canaries Decides results are compared to The Greens totals in the 2011 election.

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,324	44.93	–9.86	2	–1
	People's Party (PP)	2,931	24.73	+19.71	1	+1
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)1	2,472	20.86	–16.40	1	±0
	Socialists for La Gomera–New Gomera–New Canaries (NCa)	500	4.22	New	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	293	2.47	+1.33	0	±0
	Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)2	141	1.19	+0.04	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	30	0.25	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		159	1.34	+0.70
Total		11,850			4	±0
Valid votes		11,850	98.35	–1.00
Invalid votes		199	1.65	+1.00
Votes cast / turnout		12,049	51.79	–11.72
Abstentions		11,217	48.21	+11.72
Registered voters		23,266
Sources [11] [12]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 election. 2 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative totals in the 2007 election.

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,155	54.79	+0.44	3	±0
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)1	4,742	31.86	–3.97	1	±0
	Canarian Centre (CCN)	803	5.40	New	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)	747	5.02	–2.32	0	±0
	Canarian Popular Alternative–25 May Citizens' Alternative (APCa–AC25M)	171	1.15	New	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	170	1.14	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		96	0.64	–0.63
Total		14,884			4	±0
Valid votes		14,884	99.35	+0.06
Invalid votes		98	0.65	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		14,982	63.51	+4.31
Abstentions		8,607	36.49	–4.31
Registered voters		23,589
Sources [11] [13] [14]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition and Canarian Nationalist Federation in the 2003 election.

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	7,166	54.35	+4.00	3	±0
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	4,586	34.78	+3.55	1	±0
	People's Party (PP)	968	7.34	–3.58	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	158	1.20	–4.22	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	138	1.05	–0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		168	1.27	+0.45
Total		13,184			4	±0
Valid votes		13,184	99.29	+0.08
Invalid votes		94	0.71	–0.08
Votes cast / turnout		13,278	59.20	–3.00
Abstentions		9,152	40.80	+3.00
Registered voters		22,430
Sources [11] [15] [16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,841	50.35	+3.40	3	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	3,623	31.23	–4.29	1	–1
	People's Party (PP)	1,267	10.92	+1.98	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	629	5.42	–2.21	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	124	1.07	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	22	0.19	–0.13	0	±0
Blank ballots		95	0.82	+0.18
Total		11,601			4	±0
Valid votes		11,601	99.21	–0.45
Invalid votes		92	0.79	+0.45
Votes cast / turnout		11,693	62.20	–6.88
Abstentions		7,107	37.80	+6.88
Registered voters		18,800
Sources [11] [17]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,701	46.95	–7.95	2	–1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)1	3,556	35.52	+28.62	2	+2
	People's Party (PP)	895	8.94	+5.19	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	764	7.63	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	32	0.32	–33.43	0	–1
Blank ballots		64	0.64	+0.16
Total		10,012			4	±0
Valid votes		10,012	99.66	+0.11
Invalid votes		34	0.34	–0.11
Votes cast / turnout		10,046	69.08	–2.31
Abstentions		4,496	30.92	+2.31
Registered voters		14,542
Sources [11] [18]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Initiative totals in the 1991 election.

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,189	54.90	–3.39	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)	3,190	33.75	+4.30	1	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)1	652	6.90	+2.04	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)2	354	3.75	–0.56	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	22	0.23	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		45	0.48	–0.08
Total		9,452			4	±0
Valid votes		9,452	99.55	+0.19
Invalid votes		43	0.45	–0.19
Votes cast / turnout		9,495	71.39	–0.64
Abstentions		3,806	28.61	+0.64
Registered voters		13,301
Sources [11]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election. 2 People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,169	58.29	+19.10	3	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)1	2,611	29.45	–8.89	1	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)2	431	4.86	–2.40	0	±0
	People's Alliance (AP)3	382	4.31	–10.89	0	±0
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	224	2.53	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		50	0.56	+0.56
Total		8,867			4	±0
Valid votes		8,867	99.36	+0.24
Invalid votes		57	0.64	–0.24
Votes cast / turnout		8,924	72.03	+6.96
Abstentions		3,465	27.97	–6.96
Registered voters		12,389
Sources [11] [19] [20]
Footnotes: 1 Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents results are compared to Gomera Group of Independents totals in the 1983 election. 2 United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. 3 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results in La Gomera

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,367	39.19	n/a	2	n/a
	Gomera Group of Independents (AGI)	3,294	38.34	n/a	2	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	1,306	15.20	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE)	624	7.26	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		8,591			4	n/a
Valid votes		8,591	99.12	n/a
Invalid votes		76	0.88	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		8,667	65.07	n/a
Abstentions		4,653	34.93	n/a
Registered voters		13,320
Sources [11] [19]

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Coordinates: 28°07′N17°13′W / 28.117°N 17.217°W / 28.117; -17.217