# Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 10 June 1987. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 municipal election results in the Canary Islands → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 185,924 | 27.64 | –6.22 | 422 | +20 |
| | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | 140,469 | 20.89 | +8.49 | 243 | +115 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 119,943 | 17.83 | +6.43 | 173 | +88 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 11,356 | 1.69 | +1.49 | 46 | +37 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 4,557 | 0.68 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL) | 2,713 | 0.40 | +0.06 | 16 | –1 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 1,900 | 0.28 | –0.18 | 6 | –11 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 99,447 | 14.79 | +9.83 | 184 | +95 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 96,756 | 14.39 | +10.02 | 164 | +101 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI) | 2,691 | 0.40 | –0.19 | 20 | –6 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 63,925 | 9.50 | –13.57 | 75 | –211 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 48,158 | 7.16 | +3.17 | 44 | +14 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) | 41,390 | 6.15 | –1.70 | 40 | –11 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^3$ | 37,786 | 5.62 | –1.57 | 31 | –10 |
| | Roque Aguayro (RA) | 3,604 | 0.54 | –0.12 | 9 | –1 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 16,852 | 2.51 | New | 40 | +40 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 9,834 | 1.46 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 7,331 | 1.09 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Neighbors' Group of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (AVSBT) | 6,190 | 0.92 | +0.18 | 14 | +4 |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,336 | 0.79 | –0.11 | 23 | –6 |
| | Guía People's Union (UPG) | 4,363 | 0.65 | +0.08 | 11 | +3 |
| | Independent Group of Santa Úrsula (AISU) | 3,480 | 0.52 | +0.10 | 10 | +2 |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,441 | 0.21 | New | 9 | +9 |
| | Union of Left Nationalists (UNI) | 1,418 | 0.21 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) | 761 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 748 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 737 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Others | 30,589 | 4.55 | — | 110 | –60 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 4,177 | 0.62 | +0.62 | | |
| Total | Total | 672,570 | 100.00 | | 1,231 | +20 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 672,570 | 98.78 | +0.67 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,296 | 1.22 | –0.67 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 680,866 | 67.90 | +4.03 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 321,930 | 32.10 | –4.03 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,002,796 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 elections.$^2$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 elections.$^3$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian People's Union and Canarian Assembly in the 1983 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
27.64%
AIC
20.89%
CDS
14.79%
AP
9.50%
ICU
7.16%
AC–INC
6.15%
PDP–CC
2.51%
UCC
1.46%
CNC
1.09%
Others
8.19%
Blank ballots
0.62% :

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| Arona | 19,124 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Laguna | 107,593 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 356,911 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1990) |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 211,209 | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |
| Telde | 73,913 | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) | United Canarian Left (ICU) |

## Municipalities
### Arona

    Population: 19,124
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Arona 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) | 5,421 | 67.77 | +34.62 | 13 | +7 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,018 | 12.73 | –23.05 | 2 | –4 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 893 | 11.16 | +3.01 | 2 | +1 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 350 | 4.38 | –11.09 | 0 | –3 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 275 | 3.44 | –4.01 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 42 | 0.53 | +0.53 | | |
| Total | Total | 7,999 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,999 | 99.08 | –0.86 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 74 | 0.92 | +0.86 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 8,073 | 66.82 | +4.22 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 4,009 | 33.18 | –4.22 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 12,082 | | | | |
| 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. |||||||

### La Laguna

    Population: 107,593
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of La Laguna 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) | 17,380 | 36.64 | +21.92 | 12 | +8 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,990 | 29.49 | –16.85 | 9 | –6 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^1$ | 4,206 | 8.87 | –3.24 | 2 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,134 | 8.71 | +5.10 | 2 | +2 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^2$ | 3,698 | 7.80 | –10.13 | 2 | –3 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^3$ | 1,994 | 4.20 | +1.61 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of Left Nationalists (UNI) | 554 | 1.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 421 | 0.89 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 367 | 0.77 | –0.85 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) | 346 | 0.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 348 | 0.73 | +0.73 | | |
| Total | Total | 47,438 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,438 | 98.01 | –0.02 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 965 | 1.99 | +0.02 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 48,403 | 63.86 | +6.84 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,393 | 36.14 | –6.84 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,796 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^3$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Population: 356,911
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Las Palmas de 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) | 38,031 | 25.98 | –17.26 | 9 | –6 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 36,118 | 24.67 | +21.18 | 9 | +9 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 27,136 | 18.54 | –12.71 | 6 | –4 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 20,989 | 14.34 | +8.07 | 5 | +3 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 7,033 | 4.80 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^3$ | 5,616 | 3.84 | –3.56 | 0 | –2 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 3,515 | 2.40 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 2,725 | 1.86 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 1,856 | 1.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 597 | 0.41 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 439 | 0.30 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI) | 397 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 279 | 0.19 | –0.31 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Popular Unity (UPR) | 252 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Democratic Union (UDC) | 221 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,171 | 0.80 | +0.80 | | |
| Total | Total | 146,375 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 146,375 | 98.08 | +1.31 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,862 | 1.92 | –1.31 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 149,237 | 60.03 | +4.89 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 99,372 | 39.97 | –4.89 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 248,609 | | | | |
| 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.$^3$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Population: 211,209
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Santa Cruz de 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) | 54,678 | 64.85 | +11.07 | 21 | +5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 12,908 | 15.31 | –8.51 | 5 | –2 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 4,561 | 5.41 | –7.76 | 1 | –3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,481 | 4.13 | +3.26 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^2$ | 3,304 | 3.92 | +1.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 2,100 | 2.49 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^3$ | 2,096 | 2.49 | –1.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) | 415 | 0.49 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 219 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 553 | 0.66 | +0.66 | | |
| Total | Total | 84,315 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 84,315 | 98.73 | +0.44 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,088 | 1.27 | –0.44 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 85,403 | 60.19 | +0.42 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 56,486 | 39.81 | –0.42 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 141,889 | | | | |
| 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.$^3$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Telde

    Population: 73,913
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Telde 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) | 11,494 | 35.15 | –3.80 | 10 | –1 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU)$^1$ | 5,711 | 17.47 | +7.24 | 5 | +3 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^2$ | 4,563 | 13.95 | –14.82 | 4 | –4 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,186 | 12.80 | +10.16 | 3 | +3 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,485 | 10.66 | –2.96 | 3 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC) | 1,299 | 3.97 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 455 | 1.39 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 407 | 1.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 395 | 1.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Neighborhood Group of Jinámar (AVJ) | 313 | 0.96 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 151 | 0.46 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 77 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | n/a | n/a | –5.79 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 162 | 0.50 | +0.50 | | |
| Total | Total | 32,698 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,698 | 98.31 | +0.77 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 563 | 1.69 | –0.77 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 33,261 | 70.06 | +3.38 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,213 | 29.94 | –3.38 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 47,474 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. |||||||