1991 Canarian regional election

1991 Canarian regional election

← 1987 26 May 1991 1995 →

All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,136,767 Green arrow up13.4%
Turnout700,541 (61.6%)
Red arrow down5.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jerónimo Saavedra Manuel Hermoso Lorenzo Olarte
Party PSOE AIC CDS
Leader since 1977 1991 1983
Leader's seat Gran Canaria Tenerife Gran Canaria
Last election 21 seats, 27.8% 11 seats, 20.1% 13 seats, 19.5%
Seats won 23 16 7
Seat change Green arrow up2 Green arrow up5 Red arrow down6
Popular vote 229,692 157,859 100,197
Percentage 33.0% 22.7% 14.4%
Swing Green arrow up5.2 pp Green arrow up2.6 pp Red arrow down5.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Fernando Fernández Martín Antonio Fernández Viéitez Miguel Cabrera Cabrera
Party PP ICAN AM
Leader since 1991 1991 1983
Leader's seat Tenerife Gran Canaria Fuerteventura
Last election 6 seats, 13.2%[a] 4 seats, 13.2%[b] 3 seats, 0.8%
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change Blue arrow right0 Green arrow up1 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 89,251 85,015 4,906
Percentage 12.8% 12.2% 0.7%
Swing Red arrow down0.4 pp Red arrow down1.0 pp Red arrow down0.1 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands

President before election

Lorenzo Olarte
CDS

Elected President

Jerónimo Saavedra
PSOE

The 1991 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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