Socialist Party of the Canaries

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Socialist Party of the Canaries
Partido Socialista de Canarias
Leader José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga (head of the temporary caretaker committee)
PresidentCaretaker committee
Secretary-GeneralCaretaker committee
HeadquartersAv. Islas Canarias, 136, 38007 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Youth wing Socialist Youth of the Canaries
Membership (2017)6,338 [1]
Ideology Social democracy [2]
Progressivism
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Congress of Deputies (Canarian seats)
6 / 15
Spanish Senate (Canarian seats)
7 / 11
Canarian Parliament
23 / 70
Island councils
38 / 155
Town councillors (2015-2019)
375 / 1,337
Website
psoecanarias.com/web/

The Socialist Party of the Canaries (Spanish: Partido Socialista de Canarias, PSC-PSOE) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.

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Electoral performance

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands
ElectionVotes %#Seats+/–Leading candidateStatus in legislature
1983 233,99141.18%1st
27 / 60
Jerónimo Saavedra Government
1987 185,74927.77%1st
21 / 60
Red Arrow Down.svg 2 Jerónimo Saavedra Opposition
1991 229,69233.03%1st
23 / 60
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2 Jerónimo Saavedra Coalition (1991–1993)
Opposition (1993–1995)
1995 183,96923.08%3rd
16 / 60
Red Arrow Down.svg 7Augusto BritoOpposition
1999 199,50324.03%2nd
19 / 60
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3 Jerónimo Saavedra Opposition
2003 235,23425.42%3rd
17 / 60
Red Arrow Down.svg 2Juan Carlos AlemánOpposition
2007 322,83334.51%1st
26 / 60
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 9 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Opposition
2011 190,02820.98%3rd
15 / 60
Red Arrow Down.svg 11José Miguel Pérez GarcíaCoalition
2015 182,00619.89%1st
15 / 60
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0 Patricia Hernández Coalition (2015–2016)
Opposition (2016–2019)
2019 258,25528.88%1st
25 / 70
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 10 Ángel Víctor Torres Coalition
2023 239,07027.17%1st
23 / 70
Red Arrow Down.svg 2Ángel Víctor TorresOpposition

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
ElectionCanary Islands
CongressSenate
Votes %#Seats+/–Seats+/–
1977 90,56716.55%2nd
3 / 13
1 / 10
1979 95,22017.82%2nd
3 / 13
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
1 / 11
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
1982 239,61536.65%1st
7 / 13
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4
5 / 11
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4
1986 241,19736.06%1st
6 / 13
Red Arrow Down.svg 1
7 / 11
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2
1989 242,03536.10%1st
7 / 14
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
6 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 1
1993 241,64829.85%2nd
5 / 14
Red Arrow Down.svg 2
4 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 2
1996 263,24929.97%2nd
5 / 14
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
5 / 11
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
2000 186,36322.19%3rd
3 / 14
Red Arrow Down.svg 2
1 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 4
2004 333,08434.45%2nd
6 / 15
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5 / 11
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2008 395,18239.57%1st
7 / 15
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
7 / 11
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2
2011 231,08624.85%2nd
4 / 15
Red Arrow Down.svg 3
3 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 4
2015 [lower-alpha 1] 218,41321.97%3rd
4 / 15
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
1 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 2
2016 [lower-alpha 1] 220,47122.52%2nd
3 / 15
Red Arrow Down.svg 1
1 / 11
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
2019 (Apr) 295,47427.83%1st
5 / 15
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2
8 / 11
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2019 (Nov) 273,59628.88%1st
5 / 15
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
7 / 11
Red Arrow Down.svg 1
2023 341,26133.34%1st
6 / 15
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
7 / 11
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0

European Parliament

European Parliament
ElectionCanary Islands
Votes %#
1987 200,40532.70%1st
1989 181,33234.89%1st
1994 149,62624.81%2nd
1999 200,62824.54%3rd
2004 206,16838.50%2nd
2009 218,96836.02%2nd
2014 126,98022.22%2nd
2019 287,03332.01%1st

Notes

  1. 1 2 Electoral alliance with New Canaries.

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