# 1987 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1987 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 3rd 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.

## Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildos election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 196,817 | 29.57 | –8.84 | 46 | –5 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)$^1$ | 116,850 | 17.56 | +10.92 | 30 | +15 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 115,364 | 17.33 | +8.84 | 13 | +7 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^2$ | 78,662 | 11.82 | –13.86 | 13 | –21 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^3$ | 39,670 | 5.96 | +1.78 | 5 | +1 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^4$ | 39,319 | 5.91 | –1.29 | 3 | –1 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 16,590 | 2.49 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 13,188 | 1.98 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 9,329 | 1.40 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 8,326 | 1.25 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,606 | 0.84 | –0.15 | 7 | –2 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 4,970 | 0.75 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,555 | 0.53 | –0.07 | 4 | –1 |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 2,587 | 0.39 | +0.06 | 8 | +2 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL) | 2,268 | 0.34 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Union of Left Nationalists (UNI) | 2,049 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,171 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) | 1,092 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 900 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 702 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI) | 582 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 512 | 0.08 | –0.36 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Popular Unity (UPR) | 466 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Democratic Union (UDC) | 388 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Unified Left of the Canarian People (IUPC) | 231 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Gomeran People's Union (UPGO) | 162 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | n/a | n/a | –4.44 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 4,151 | 0.62 | +0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | 665,507 | | | 137 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 665,507 | 98.84 | +1.13 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 7,833 | 1.16 | –1.13 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 673,340 | 67.18 | +4.10 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 328,932 | 32.82 | –4.10 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,002,272 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Democratic and Social Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Democratic and Social Centre and Gomera Group of Independents in the 1983 elections.$^2$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 elections.$^3$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 elections.$^4$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
29.57%
CDS
17.56%
ATI
17.33%
AP
11.82%
ICU
5.96%
AC–INC
5.91%
UCC
2.49%
PDP–CC
1.98%
API
1.40%
CNC
1.25%
AM
0.84%
IF
0.53%
AHI
0.39%
AIL
0.34%
Others
1.99%
Blank ballots
0.62% :
Seats
PSOE
33.58%
CDS
21.90%
ATI
9.49%
AP
9.49%
AHI
5.84%
AM
5.11%
ICU
3.65%
API
3.65%
IF
2.92%
AC–INC
2.19%
AIL
1.46%
UCC
0.73% :

## Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Cabildo | Previous control | New control |
| El Hierro | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) |
| Fuerteventura | Majorera Assembly (AM) | Majorera Assembly (AM) |
| Gran Canaria | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Gomera | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Palma | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Lanzarote | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
| Tenerife | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |

## Islands
### El Hierro

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 2,587 | 65.05 | +10.36 | 8 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 836 | 21.02 | +1.64 | 2 | ±0 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 334 | 8.40 | –17.21 | 1 | –2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 203 | 5.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 17 | 0.43 | +0.11 | | |
| Total | Total | 3,977 | | | 11 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,977 | 99.62 | +0.40 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 15 | 0.38 | –0.40 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 3,992 | 76.81 | +6.42 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,205 | 23.19 | –6.42 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 5,197 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,606 | 36.92 | –9.01 | 7 | –2 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,555 | 23.41 | –4.68 | 4 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,140 | 20.68 | +13.63 | 4 | +3 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,758 | 11.58 | +1.55 | 2 | +1 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 699 | 4.60 | –4.16 | 0 | –1 |
| | Unified Left of the Canarian People (IUPC) | 231 | 1.52 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 97 | 0.64 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 99 | 0.65 | +0.51 | | |
| Total | Total | 15,185 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 15,185 | 99.33 | +0.79 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 102 | 0.67 | –0.79 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 15,287 | 74.72 | +8.58 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 5,172 | 25.28 | –8.58 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 20,459 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 80,175 | 27.36 | –9.93 | 9 | –3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 66,743 | 22.77 | +17.55 | 7 | +6 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 48,757 | 16.64 | –11.00 | 5 | –3 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^2$ | 28,499 | 9.72 | –0.59 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^3$ | 25,081 | 8.56 | +3.82 | 2 | +2 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 16,493 | 5.63 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 12,112 | 4.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 4,970 | 1.70 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 4,555 | 1.55 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 900 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 702 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI) | 582 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 512 | 0.17 | –0.46 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Popular Unity (UPR) | 466 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Democratic Union (UDC) | 388 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | n/a | n/a | –9.90 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,135 | 0.73 | +0.09 | | |
| Total | Total | 293,070 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 293,070 | 98.49 | +1.70 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,492 | 1.51 | –1.70 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 297,562 | 65.24 | +2.07 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 158,525 | 34.76 | –2.07 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 456,087 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election.$^3$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### La Gomera

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 4,998 | 56.35 | +18.63 | 8 | +3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)$^1$ | 2,713 | 30.59 | –9.21 | 4 | –1 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 566 | 6.38 | –1.17 | 1 | ±0 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^3$ | 395 | 4.45 | –10.22 | 0 | –2 |
| | Gomeran People's Union (UPGO) | 162 | 1.83 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 35 | 0.39 | +0.13 | | |
| Total | Total | 8,869 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,869 | 99.46 | +0.31 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 48 | 0.54 | –0.31 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 8,917 | 71.98 | +9.52 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 3,472 | 28.02 | –9.52 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 12,389 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| 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. |||||||

### La Palma

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 10,172 | 26.62 | –9.74 | 6 | –2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,128 | 26.50 | –4.53 | 6 | ±0 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 9,329 | 24.41 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,782 | 12.51 | –5.67 | 2 | –2 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 3,640 | 9.53 | –4.47 | 2 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 164 | 0.43 | –0.01 | | |
| Total | Total | 38,215 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,215 | 99.60 | +0.71 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 155 | 0.40 | –0.71 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 38,370 | 66.92 | +5.32 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,970 | 33.08 | –5.32 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 57,340 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Lanzarote

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 9,587 | 37.84 | +19.74 | 10 | +6 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,605 | 33.96 | –14.03 | 9 | –3 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL) | 2,268 | 8.95 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^1$ | 1,222 | 4.82 | +0.53 | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 1,076 | 4.25 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 1,004 | 3.96 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^2$ | 823 | 3.25 | –16.62 | 0 | –5 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) | 583 | 2.30 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 168 | 0.66 | +0.17 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,336 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,336 | 98.84 | +0.26 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 297 | 1.16 | –0.26 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 25,633 | 66.35 | +7.27 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 13,001 | 33.65 | –7.27 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 38,634 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| 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. |||||||

### Tenerife

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 115,364 | 41.08 | +20.54 | 13 | +7 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 90,317 | 32.16 | –9.50 | 10 | –3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 29,682 | 10.57 | +6.21 | 3 | +3 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 17,482 | 6.22 | –17.58 | 1 | –6 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^2$ | 10,237 | 3.64 | –2.58 | 0 | –1 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^3$ | 9,161 | 3.26 | +0.98 | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 2,767 | 0.99 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of Left Nationalists (UNI) | 2,049 | 0.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,171 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) | 1,092 | 0.39 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,533 | 0.55 | +0.16 | | |
| Total | Total | 280,855 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 280,855 | 99.04 | +0.67 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,724 | 0.96 | –0.67 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 283,579 | 68.80 | +5.45 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 128,587 | 31.20 | –5.45 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 412,166 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election.$^3$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. |||||||