# 1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd 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. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

## Overall

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 221,611 | 38.41 | +20.25 | 51 | +25 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 148,185 | 25.68 | +22.65 | 34 | +32 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 48,960 | 8.49 | New | 6 | +6 |
| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC)$^2$ | 41,515 | 7.20 | −13.27 | 4 | −6 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 34,808 | 6.03 | New | 10 | +10 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | 25,613 | 4.44 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 24,101 | 4.18 | −1.40 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) | 8,171 | 1.42 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 5,692 | 0.99 | −0.01 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) | 3,499 | 0.61 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,481 | 0.60 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 2,562 | 0.44 | +0.20 | 0 | −1 |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,879 | 0.33 | ±0.00 | 6 | ±0 |
| | Seven Green Stars (SEV) | 1,803 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) | 1,243 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canaries (FPC) | 760 | 0.13 | n/a | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 193 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −48.61 | 0 | −79 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,870 | 0.50 | −0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 576,946 | | | 137 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 576,946 | 97.71 | −0.56 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13,498 | 2.29 | +0.56 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 590,444 | 63.08 | +5.42 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 345,533 | 36.92 | −5.42 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 935,977 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 elections.$^2$ Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian People's Union and Neighbours' Assembly in the 1979 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
38.41%
AP–PDP–UL
25.68%
ATI
8.49%
UPC–AC
7.20%
CDS
6.03%
PCL
4.44%
PCC–PCE
4.18%
PPC
1.42%
AM
0.99%
AGI
0.61%
IF
0.60%
AHI
0.33%
Others
1.14%
Blank ballots
0.50% :
Seats
PSOE
37.23%
AP–PDP–UL
24.82%
CDS
7.30%
AM
6.57%
ATI
4.38%
AHI
4.38%
AGI
3.65%
IF
3.65%
UPC–AC
2.92%
PCC–PCE
2.92%
PCL
2.19% :

## 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 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Gomera | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) |
| La Palma | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Lanzarote | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Tenerife | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Islands
### El Hierro

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 1,879 | 54.69 | +0.77 | 6 | ±0 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 880 | 25.61 | +24.87 | 3 | +3 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 666 | 19.38 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −44.96 | 0 | −5 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 11 | 0.32 | −0.07 | | |
| Total | Total | 3,436 | | | 11 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,436 | 99.22 | −0.36 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 27 | 0.78 | +0.36 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 3,463 | 70.39 | +16.18 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,483 | 29.61 | −16.18 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,920 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 5,692 | 45.93 | −3.61 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,481 | 28.09 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,243 | 10.03 | +4.43 | 1 | ±0 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 1,086 | 8.76 | −0.21 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 874 | 7.05 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −35.82 | 0 | −6 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 17 | 0.14 | +0.07 | | |
| Total | Total | 12,393 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,393 | 98.54 | −1.03 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 183 | 1.46 | +1.03 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 12,576 | 66.14 | +1.34 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 6,439 | 33.86 | −1.34 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 19,015 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 96,488 | 37.29 | +24.45 | 12 | +9 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 71,516 | 27.64 | +27.15 | 8 | +8 |
| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC)$^2$ | 26,684 | 10.31 | −20.56 | 3 | −4 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | 25,613 | 9.90 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 13,515 | 5.22 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 12,269 | 4.74 | −0.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) | 8,171 | 3.16 | +0.39 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 1,619 | 0.63 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) | 1,243 | 0.48 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −47.46 | 0 | −17 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,644 | 0.64 | +0.11 | | |
| Total | Total | 258,762 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 258,762 | 96.79 | −1.11 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,573 | 3.21 | +1.11 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 267,335 | 63.17 | −5.27 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 155,852 | 36.83 | +5.27 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 423,187 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian People's Union and Neighbours' Assembly in the 1979 election. |||||||

### La Gomera

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 | +/− |
| | Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) | 3,499 | 39.80 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,316 | 37.72 | +0.76 | 5 | −1 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 1,290 | 14.67 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 664 | 7.55 | −5.20 | 1 | −1 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −48.96 | 0 | −9 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 23 | 0.26 | +0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | 8,792 | | | 13 | −4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,792 | 99.15 | −0.14 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 75 | 0.85 | +0.14 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 8,867 | 62.46 | +18.52 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 5,330 | 37.54 | −18.52 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 14,197 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### La Palma

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 12,623 | 36.36 | New | 8 | +8 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,772 | 31.03 | +10.60 | 6 | +2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 6,312 | 18.18 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 4,859 | 14.00 | −0.10 | 3 | +1 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −65.01 | 0 | −15 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 152 | 0.44 | −0.02 | | |
| Total | Total | 34,718 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,718 | 98.89 | +0.32 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 391 | 1.11 | −0.32 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 35,109 | 61.60 | +7.91 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 21,887 | 38.40 | −7.91 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 56,996 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Lanzarote

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,817 | 47.99 | +24.11 | 12 | +7 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 4,064 | 19.87 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,702 | 18.10 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 943 | 4.61 | −2.46 | 0 | −1 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 878 | 4.29 | +0.78 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Popular Front of the Canaries (FPC) | 760 | 3.72 | n/a | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 193 | 0.94 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −56.39 | 0 | −11 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 100 | 0.49 | +0.26 | | |
| Total | Total | 20,457 | | | 21 | +4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 20,457 | 98.58 | −0.55 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 294 | 1.42 | +0.55 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 20,751 | 59.08 | +0.86 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,373 | 40.92 | −0.86 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 35,124 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Tenerife

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 99,309 | 41.66 | +17.08 | 13 | +6 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 56,726 | 23.80 | +16.77 | 7 | +6 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 48,960 | 20.54 | New | 6 | +6 |
| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC) | 14,831 | 6.22 | −7.46 | 1 | −2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 10,405 | 4.36 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) | 5,431 | 2.28 | −2.94 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Seven Green Stars (SEV) | 1,803 | 0.76 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | −47.53 | 0 | −16 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 923 | 0.39 | −0.23 | | |
| Total | Total | 238,388 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 238,388 | 98.37 | −0.12 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,955 | 1.63 | +0.12 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 242,343 | 63.35 | +14.99 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 140,195 | 36.65 | −14.99 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 382,538 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. |||||||