# Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 26 May 1991. 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 26 May 1991 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) | 223,384 | 31.99 | +4.35 | 482 | +60 |
| | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | 142,561 | 20.41 | +0.20 | 284 | +43 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 112,470 | 16.10 | –1.73 | 181 | +8 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 11,078 | 1.59 | +1.19 | 45 | +29 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 9,821 | 1.41 | –0.28 | 44 | –2 |
| | Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) | 6,599 | 0.94 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 2,593 | 0.37 | +0.09 | 9 | +3 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN) | 104,307 | 14.94 | +1.42 | 113 | +28 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^1$ | 64,171 | 9.19 | +8.98 | 66 | +65 |
| | Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN)$^2$ | 26,188 | 3.75 | –1.87 | 30 | –1 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU) | 8,827 | 1.26 | –5.90 | 6 | –38 |
| | Roque Aguayro (RA) | 5,121 | 0.73 | +0.19 | 11 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^3$ | 80,440 | 11.52 | –0.49 | 92 | –23 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 71,695 | 10.27 | –4.52 | 107 | –77 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 68,586 | 9.82 | –4.57 | 86 | –78 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI) | 3,109 | 0.45 | +0.05 | 21 | +1 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 5,737 | 0.82 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 4,959 | 0.71 | –0.08 | 21 | –2 |
| | Independent Municipal Platform (PMI) | 4,662 | 0.67 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Neighbors' Group of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (AVSBT) | 4,559 | 0.65 | –0.27 | 8 | –6 |
| | Independent Group of Santa Úrsula (AISU) | 3,755 | 0.54 | +0.02 | 12 | +2 |
| | Guía People's Union (UPG) | 3,066 | 0.44 | –0.21 | 7 | –4 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 2,452 | 0.35 | +0.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 1,535 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,452 | 0.21 | ±0.00 | 8 | –1 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 1,055 | 0.15 | –0.53 | 0 | –2 |
| | The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)$^4$ | 969 | 0.14 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Others | 37,603 | 5.38 | — | 117 | +2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 5,269 | 0.75 | +0.13 | | |
| Total | Total | 698,368 | 100.00 | | 1,255 | +24 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 698,368 | 99.26 | +0.48 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,186 | 0.74 | –0.48 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 703,554 | 61.95 | –5.95 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 432,172 | 38.05 | +5.95 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,135,726 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to Union of Left Nationalists totals in the 1987 elections.$^2$ Nationalist Canarian Assembly results are compared to Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left totals in the 1987 elections.$^3$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 elections.$^4$ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
31.99%
AIC
20.41%
ICAN
14.94%
PP
11.52%
CDS
10.27%
Others
10.28%
Blank ballots
0.75% :

## 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 | 25,018 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 373,846 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1993) |
| San Cristóbal de La Laguna | 118,548 | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (ATI in 1993) |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 222,892 | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |
| Telde | 78,978 | United Canarian Left (ICU) | Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN) |

## Municipalities
### Arona

    Population: 25,018
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 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) | 3,661 | 41.75 | –26.02 | 9 | –4 |
| | Independent Electoral Movement (MEI)$^1$ | 2,392 | 27.28 | +16.12 | 6 | +4 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,422 | 16.22 | +3.49 | 3 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^2$ | 774 | 8.83 | +4.45 | 2 | +2 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^3$ | 481 | 5.49 | +2.05 | 1 | +1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 38 | 0.43 | –0.10 | | |
| Total | Total | 8,768 | | | 21 | +4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,768 | 99.15 | +0.07 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 75 | 0.85 | –0.07 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 8,843 | 52.35 | –14.47 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 8,049 | 47.65 | +14.47 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 16,892 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Independent Electoral Movement results are compared to Tenerife Group of Independents totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.$^3$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Population: 373,846
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 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) | 42,179 | 28.84 | +2.86 | 10 | +1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 33,571 | 22.96 | –1.71 | 7 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 31,815 | 21.76 | +1.95 | 7 | +1 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 24,437 | 16.71 | –1.47 | 5 | ±0 |
| | Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) | 3,808 | 2.60 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 3,555 | 2.43 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 1,535 | 1.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 876 | 0.60 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)$^3$ | 845 | 0.58 | +0.41 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)$^4$ | 761 | 0.52 | +0.22 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 527 | 0.36 | –1.50 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 472 | 0.32 | +0.13 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of The People (LG) | 282 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,579 | 1.08 | +0.28 | | |
| Total | Total | 146,242 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 146,242 | 99.16 | +1.08 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,233 | 0.84 | –1.08 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 147,475 | 53.57 | –6.46 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 127,823 | 46.43 | +6.46 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 275,298 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election.$^3$ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election.$^4$ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### San Cristóbal de La Laguna

    Population: 118,548
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of San Cristóbal de 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) | 19,752 | 41.97 | +5.33 | 12 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,474 | 28.63 | –0.86 | 8 | –1 |
| | Independent Municipal Platform (PMI) | 4,662 | 9.91 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^1$ | 4,429 | 9.41 | –3.66 | 2 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^2$ | 3,487 | 7.41 | –0.39 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 408 | 0.87 | +0.14 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 364 | 0.77 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | n/a | n/a | –8.71 | 0 | –2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 491 | 1.04 | +0.31 | | |
| Total | Total | 47,067 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,067 | 98.84 | +0.83 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 553 | 1.16 | –0.83 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 47,620 | 55.56 | –8.30 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,085 | 44.44 | +8.30 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 85,705 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left and United Canarian Left in the 1987 election.$^2$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Population: 222,892
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 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) | 39,053 | 54.65 | –10.20 | 16 | –5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 14,297 | 20.01 | +4.70 | 6 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 7,576 | 10.60 | +5.19 | 3 | +2 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 5,241 | 7.33 | +0.92 | 2 | +2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,859 | 2.60 | –1.53 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 917 | 1.28 | +0.79 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 776 | 1.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of The People (LG) | 416 | 0.58 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 393 | 0.55 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 936 | 1.31 | +0.65 | | |
| Total | Total | 71,464 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 71,464 | 99.19 | +0.46 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 582 | 0.81 | –0.46 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 72,046 | 44.96 | –15.23 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 88,208 | 55.04 | +15.23 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 160,254 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Telde

    Population: 78,978
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 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 | +/− |
| | Nationalist Canarian Assembly (ACN)$^1$ | 11,650 | 33.06 | –2.09 | 9 | –1 |
| | United Canarian Left (ICU) | 8,827 | 25.05 | +7.58 | 6 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 5,186 | 14.72 | +4.06 | 4 | +1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,668 | 13.25 | +0.45 | 3 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^2$ | 4,240 | 12.03 | –5.89 | 3 | –1 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 246 | 0.70 | –0.51 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)$^3$ | 208 | 0.59 | +0.35 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 209 | 0.59 | +0.09 | | |
| Total | Total | 35,234 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 35,234 | 98.90 | +0.59 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 392 | 1.10 | –0.59 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 35,626 | 65.72 | –4.34 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,586 | 34.28 | +4.34 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 54,212 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Nationalist Canarian Assembly results are compared to Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election.$^3$ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election. |||||||