# 2003 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 2003 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 7th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 149 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

## Overall

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC)$^1$ | 305,410 | 33.34 | –3.62 | 56 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 274,064 | 29.92 | +2.78 | 35 | +4 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 234,010 | 25.55 | +2.13 | 46 | +4 |
| | The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 21,875 | 2.39 | +0.93 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 13,655 | 1.49 | +0.10 | 8 | +1 |
| | Canarian Union (UC) | 12,663 | 1.38 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 10,853 | 1.18 | –1.75 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 10,412 | 1.14 | –0.53 | 1 | +1 |
| | Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) | 5,330 | 0.58 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) | 3,161 | 0.35 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 2,888 | 0.32 | –0.19 | 2 | –1 |
| | Reformist Canarian Centre (CCR) | 1,976 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Initiative for La Palma (INPA) | 1,881 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 1,108 | 0.12 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Lanzarote Assembly–PdA–PCL (AC–PdA–PCL) | 1,108 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 1,061 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Tenerife Union (UTI) | 616 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Management Assembly (AGC) | 590 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majoreran People's Union (UPM) | 558 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | European Centrist Union (UCEEE) | 521 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) | 431 | 0.05 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic Canarian Movement (MCD) | 430 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centrist Union (UNICE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 11,398 | 1.24 | –0.14 | | |
| Total | Total | 915,999 | | | 149 | +10 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 915,999 | 99.44 | +0.03 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,123 | 0.56 | –0.03 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 921,122 | 63.60 | +1.24 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 527,254 | 36.40 | –1.24 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,448,376 | | | | |
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| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition and Independent Herrenian Group in the 1999 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
CC
33.34%
PP
29.92%
PSOE
25.55%
Verdes
2.39%
PIL
1.49%
UC
1.38%
IUC
1.18%
PNC
1.14%
AC25M
0.35%
IF
0.32%
Others
1.70%
Blank ballots
1.24% :
Seats
CC
37.58%
PSOE
30.87%
PP
23.49%
PIL
5.37%
IF
1.34%
PNC
0.67%
AC25M
0.67% :

## 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 | Canarian Coalition (CC) | Canarian Coalition (CC) |
| Gran Canaria | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) |
| La Gomera | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Palma | Canarian Coalition (CC) | Canarian Coalition (CC) |
| Lanzarote | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PP in 2005; CC in 2005) |
| Tenerife | Canarian Coalition (CC) | Canarian Coalition (CC) |

## Islands
### El Hierro

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition–Independent Herrenian Group (CC–AHI) | 2,808 | 50.12 | –8.05 | 7 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,148 | 20.49 | –0.99 | 3 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 1,077 | 19.23 | +1.84 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 493 | 8.80 | New | 1 | +1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 76 | 1.36 | –0.14 | | |
| Total | Total | 5,602 | | | 13 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,602 | 99.77 | +0.22 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13 | 0.23 | –0.22 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 5,615 | 55.07 | –10.11 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 4,582 | 44.93 | +10.11 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 10,197 | | | | |
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### Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 9,335 | 30.70 | –4.94 | 7 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,287 | 27.25 | +0.17 | 6 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 8,123 | 26.71 | +10.35 | 6 | +3 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 2,888 | 9.50 | –6.87 | 2 | –1 |
| | The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 906 | 2.98 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majoreran People's Union (UPM) | 558 | 1.84 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 310 | 1.02 | –0.10 | | |
| Total | Total | 30,407 | | | 21 | +4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 30,407 | 99.20 | –0.15 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 244 | 0.80 | +0.15 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 30,651 | 63.77 | +0.56 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,412 | 36.23 | –0.56 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 48,063 | | | | |
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### Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 195,716 | 48.08 | +6.11 | 15 | +1 |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 89,318 | 21.94 | –8.09 | 7 | –3 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 85,878 | 21.10 | +4.60 | 7 | +2 |
| | Canarian Union (UC) | 12,663 | 3.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 8,864 | 2.18 | +0.80 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 5,439 | 1.34 | –1.13 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) | 1,325 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) | 1,061 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 647 | 0.16 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | European Centrist Union (UCEEE) | 521 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Pensionist Assembly of the Canaries (TPC) | 431 | 0.11 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centrist Union (UNICE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 5,229 | 1.28 | +0.08 | | |
| Total | Total | 407,092 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 407,092 | 99.41 | ±0.00 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,431 | 0.59 | ±0.00 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 409,523 | 67.69 | +5.00 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 195,452 | 32.31 | –5.00 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 604,975 | | | | |
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### La Gomera

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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) | 7,442 | 62.58 | +2.60 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 3,651 | 30.70 | +4.45 | 4 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 498 | 4.19 | –2.91 | 0 | –1 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 180 | 1.51 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 121 | 1.02 | +0.37 | | |
| Total | Total | 11,892 | | | 13 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 11,892 | 98.22 | –0.10 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 93 | 0.78 | +0.10 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 11,985 | 59.17 | –13.48 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 8,269 | 40.83 | +13.48 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 20,254 | | | | |
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### La Palma

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 22,432 | 49.32 | +2.87 | 11 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 10,188 | 22.40 | –9.37 | 5 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 9,763 | 21.46 | +4.41 | 5 | +1 |
| | Initiative for La Palma (INPA) | 1,881 | 4.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 868 | 1.91 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 353 | 0.78 | –0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 45,485 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 45,485 | 99.52 | +0.15 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 218 | 0.48 | –0.15 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 45,703 | 59.15 | –10.76 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,559 | 40.85 | +10.76 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 77,262 | | | | |
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### Lanzarote

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 13,655 | 31.80 | +0.95 | 8 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,731 | 22.66 | –3.81 | 6 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 7,979 | 18.58 | –6.90 | 5 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 5,827 | 13.57 | +3.37 | 3 | +1 |
| | 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) | 3,161 | 7.36 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Lanzarote Assembly–PdA–PCL (AC–PdA–PCL) | 1,108 | 2.58 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic Canarian Movement (MCD) | 430 | 1.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 398 | 0.93 | –1.84 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 651 | 1.52 | –0.55 | | |
| Total | Total | 42,940 | | | 23 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,940 | 99.43 | –0.01 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 244 | 0.57 | +0.01 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 43,184 | 58.08 | +3.28 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,175 | 41.92 | –3.28 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 74,359 | | | | |
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### Tenerife

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 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 | +/− |
| | Canarian Coalition (CC) | 169,887 | 45.60 | +0.85 | 15 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 111,336 | 29.88 | +1.70 | 10 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 53,060 | 14.24 | –1.42 | 4 | –1 |
| | The Greens of the Canaries (Verdes) | 11,237 | 3.02 | +1.18 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 9,739 | 2.61 | –0.48 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian United Left (IUC) | 5,016 | 1.35 | –2.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa) | 4,005 | 1.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Reformist Canarian Centre (CCR) | 1,976 | 0.53 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Tenerife Union (UTI) | 616 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Management Assembly (AGC) | 590 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 461 | 0.12 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 4,658 | 1.25 | –0.36 | | |
| Total | Total | 372,581 | | | 29 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 372,581 | 99.50 | +0.09 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,880 | 0.50 | –0.09 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 374,461 | 61.06 | –0.63 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 238,805 | 38.94 | +0.63 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 613,266 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||