Socialist Party of the Canaries Partido Socialista de Canarias | |
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Leader | José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga (head of the temporary caretaker committee) |
President | Caretaker committee |
Secretary-General | Caretaker committee |
Headquarters | Av. 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 |
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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.
Parliament of the Canary Islands | |||||||
Election | Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Leading candidate | Status in legislature |
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1983 | 233,991 | 41.18% | 1st | 27 / 60 | — | Jerónimo Saavedra | Government |
1987 | 185,749 | 27.77% | 1st | 21 / 60 | 2 | Jerónimo Saavedra | Opposition |
1991 | 229,692 | 33.03% | 1st | 23 / 60 | 2 | Jerónimo Saavedra | Coalition (1991–1993) |
Opposition (1993–1995) | |||||||
1995 | 183,969 | 23.08% | 3rd | 16 / 60 | 7 | Augusto Brito | Opposition |
1999 | 199,503 | 24.03% | 2nd | 19 / 60 | 3 | Jerónimo Saavedra | Opposition |
2003 | 235,234 | 25.42% | 3rd | 17 / 60 | 2 | Juan Carlos Alemán | Opposition |
2007 | 322,833 | 34.51% | 1st | 26 / 60 | 9 | Juan Fernando López Aguilar | Opposition |
2011 | 190,028 | 20.98% | 3rd | 15 / 60 | 11 | José Miguel Pérez García | Coalition |
2015 | 182,006 | 19.89% | 1st | 15 / 60 | 0 | Patricia Hernández | Coalition (2015–2016) |
Opposition (2016–2019) | |||||||
2019 | 258,255 | 28.88% | 1st | 25 / 70 | 10 | Ángel Víctor Torres | Coalition |
2023 | 239,070 | 27.17% | 1st | 23 / 70 | 2 | Ángel Víctor Torres | Opposition |
Cortes Generales | |||||||
Election | Canary Islands | ||||||
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Congress | Senate | ||||||
Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
1977 | 90,567 | 16.55% | 2nd | 3 / 13 | — | 1 / 10 | — |
1979 | 95,220 | 17.82% | 2nd | 3 / 13 | 0 | 1 / 11 | 0 |
1982 | 239,615 | 36.65% | 1st | 7 / 13 | 4 | 5 / 11 | 4 |
1986 | 241,197 | 36.06% | 1st | 6 / 13 | 1 | 7 / 11 | 2 |
1989 | 242,035 | 36.10% | 1st | 7 / 14 | 1 | 6 / 11 | 1 |
1993 | 241,648 | 29.85% | 2nd | 5 / 14 | 2 | 4 / 11 | 2 |
1996 | 263,249 | 29.97% | 2nd | 5 / 14 | 0 | 5 / 11 | 1 |
2000 | 186,363 | 22.19% | 3rd | 3 / 14 | 2 | 1 / 11 | 4 |
2004 | 333,084 | 34.45% | 2nd | 6 / 15 | 3 | 5 / 11 | 4 |
2008 | 395,182 | 39.57% | 1st | 7 / 15 | 1 | 7 / 11 | 2 |
2011 | 231,086 | 24.85% | 2nd | 4 / 15 | 3 | 3 / 11 | 4 |
2015 [lower-alpha 1] | 218,413 | 21.97% | 3rd | 4 / 15 | 0 | 1 / 11 | 2 |
2016 [lower-alpha 1] | 220,471 | 22.52% | 2nd | 3 / 15 | 1 | 1 / 11 | 0 |
2019 (Apr) | 295,474 | 27.83% | 1st | 5 / 15 | 2 | 8 / 11 | 7 |
2019 (Nov) | 273,596 | 28.88% | 1st | 5 / 15 | 0 | 7 / 11 | 1 |
2023 | 341,261 | 33.34% | 1st | 6 / 15 | 1 | 7 / 11 | 0 |
European Parliament | |||
Election | Canary Islands | ||
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Votes | % | # | |
1987 | 200,405 | 32.70% | 1st |
1989 | 181,332 | 34.89% | 1st |
1994 | 149,626 | 24.81% | 2nd |
1999 | 200,628 | 24.54% | 3rd |
2004 | 206,168 | 38.50% | 2nd |
2009 | 218,968 | 36.02% | 2nd |
2014 | 126,980 | 22.22% | 2nd |
2019 | 287,033 | 32.01% | 1st |
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