A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Overview Under the 2018 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions..

Date The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Amendments in 2018 and 2022 abolished fixed-term elections, instead allowing the term of the Parliament to expire after an early dissolution. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Canaries (BOC), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.; ( by ). The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 26 May 2023. The election decree was required to be published in the BOC no later than 2 May 2023, setting the latest possible date for election day on 25 June 2023.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Canary Islands at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year after a previous one.; ; . In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the Parliament's reconvening, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called..

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially dissolved on 4 April 2023 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 27 June..

Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.; ( by ). Amendments in 2022 abolished the "begged" voting system (), under which non-resident citizens were required to apply for voting. The begged vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it was in force.

The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 75 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 70. All were elected in eight multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, as well as an additional constituency comprising the whole archipelago, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 15 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or four percent regionally.; .

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:; .

Seats Constituencies 15 Gran Canaria, Tenerife 9 Regional 8 Fuerteventura, La Palma, Lanzarote 4 La Gomera 3 El Hierro

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes. ( by ).

Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.

+ Parliamentary composition in April 2023 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 25 25 Canarian Nationalist Parliamentary Group (CC–PNC–AHI) CCa 17 20 UxGC 1 PNC 1 AHI 1 People's Parliamentary Group PP 11 11 New Canaries Parliamentary Group (NC) NC–BC 4 4 Yes We Can Canaries Parliamentary Group Podemos 3 4 SSP 1 Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group (ASG) ASG 3 3 Mixed Parliamentary Group CS 1 2 INDEP 1 Non-Inscrits AMF 1 1

Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. ( by ). Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition..

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PSOE Ángel Víctor Torres Social democracy 28.9% CCa Fernando Clavijo RegionalismCanarian nationalismCentrism 21.7% PP Manuel Domínguez ConservatismChristian democracy 15.2% Podemos–IUC–SSP Noemí Santana Left-wing populismDirect democracyDemocratic socialism 9.8% NC–BC Román Rodríguez Canarian nationalismSocial democracy 9.0% CS Isabel Bello Liberalism 7.4% Vox Nicasio Galván Right-wing populismUltranationalismNational conservatism 2.5% ASG Casimiro Curbelo InsularismSocial democracy 0.7% AHI Raúl Acosta InsularismCanarian nationalismCentrism 0.3% UxGC Lucas Bravo de Laguna RegionalismLiberalismCentrism colspan="2" PNC Francisco Martín Canarian nationalismCentrism colspan="2"

Campaign Debates + 2023 Canarian regional election debates Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s) PSOE CCa PP USP NC–BC CS ASG DVC Audience 12 May Cadena SER Eric Pestano — 23 May RTVE Fátima HernándezMarta Modino NI NI 13.8%

Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

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Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 36 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout Lead 2023 regional election 28 May 2023 52.0 27.2 22.1 19.3 7.9 0.4 7.9 0.7 1.9 0.2 3.9 3.2 5.1 Sigma Dos/RTVE–FORTA 28 May 2023 1,300? 31.1 21.8 19.6 8.0 – 6.7 0.8 –?? – 9.3 NC Report/La Razón 22 May 2023?? 28.3 20.1 23.2 7.8 – 3.7 0.8 – 8.1 – 5.1 KeyData/Público 19 May 2023? 58.2 30.0 20.3 21.6 7.5 1.0 5.4 0.7 –? 7.3 1.9 8.4 Ágora Integral/Canarias Ahora 14–18 May 2023 2,000? 28.4 19.2 22.8 9.5 0.7 4.6 0.7 2.9 0.2 6.6 1.8 5.6 Perfiles/La Provincia 12–18 May 2023 2,400 50 24.0–25.0 21.0–22.0 17.0–18.0 7.0–8.0 – 5.0–6.0 0.7 – 4.0–5.0 3.0–4.0 3.0 TSA/Canarias7 1–18 May 2023 2,514? 30.2 18.9 19.1 10.8 1.6 2.7 0.7 – 0.2 7.8 – 11.1 EM-Analytics/El Plural 11–17 May 2023 600? 28.8 20.1 21.5 8.0 1.3 4.3 0.7 2.7 0.3 7.7 2.8 7.3 EM-Analytics/GMG 14 Apr–16 May 2023 8,604? 28.6 19.7 21.5 7.9 1.3 4.3 0.7 2.9 0.3 7.6 3.1 7.1 Data10/Okdiario 12–15 May 2023 1,500? 27.9 21.7 22.9 7.9 1.9 4.9 0.7 – 0.3 7.1 – 5.0 EM-Analytics/El Plural 4–10 May 2023 600? 28.8 20.0 21.7 8.0 1.3 4.2 0.7 2.8 0.3 7.7 2.8 7.1 EM-Analytics/El Plural 26 Apr–3 May 2023 600? 28.9 19.9 21.5 8.0 1.3 4.2 0.7 2.9 0.3 7.7 2.8 7.4 Simple Lógica/elDiario.es 20–28 Apr 2023 828? 27.5 18.9 19.0 9.0 0.5 5.6 0.7 2.0 0.2 9.6 3.2 8.5 CIS 10–26 Apr 2023 818? 33.0 15.7 20.0 5.9 1.2 5.8 – – – 9.8 3.0 13.0 EM-Analytics/El Plural 19–25 Apr 2023 600? 28.9 19.8 21.9 8.0 ?? 0.7? 7.7 2.9 7.0 Ágora Integral/Canarias Ahora 5–23 Apr 2023 3,000? 28.1 19.9 22.4 9.1 0.7 3.1 0.7 2.9 0.2 6.9 3.0 5.7 TSA/Canarias7 3–19 Apr 2023 2,598? 31.2 19.0 17.3 11.4 1.9 2.5 0.7 –? 6.8 2.9 12.2 EM-Analytics/El Plural 12–18 Apr 2023 600? 29.2 19.7 21.6 8.2 1.3 4.4 0.6 3.7 7.9 2.1 7.6 GAD3/Tiempo de Canarias 30 Mar–18 Apr 2023 2,009? 33.2 17.8 20.2 7.1 0.3 7.1 0.5 2.0 0.3 5.5 1.0 13.0 EM-Analytics/GMG 8 Mar–14 Apr 2023 7,813? 28.8 19.2 20.5 8.5 1.4 4.8 0.6 3.8 8.3 2.4 8.3 Data10/Okdiario 10–13 Apr 2023 1,500? 26.7 22.9 23.3 7.8 1.7 4.1 0.7 – 7.5 – 3.4 EM-Analytics/El Plural 5–11 Apr 2023 600? 28.7 19.8 20.7 8.5 1.6 4.0 0.5 3.9 7.5 2.6 8.0 EM-Analytics/El Plural 27 Mar–4 Apr 2023 600? 29.8 20.7 21.5 8.2 1.5 4.4 0.6 – 7.9 3.0 8.3 22Grados/Tiempo de Canarias 15–31 Mar 2023 2,690? 32.4 21.3 17.6 6.5 2.1 7.0 0.8 – 0.2 6.9 – 11.1 EM-Analytics/GMG 5 Feb–8 Mar 2023 6,880? 29.9 20.6 20.4 8.5 1.7 4.8 0.7 – 8.4 2.8 9.3 NC Report/La Razón 27 Feb–3 Mar 2023? 49.5 27.2 22.5 24.9 7.5 – – 0.8 – 8.4 – 2.3 EM-Analytics/GMG 6 Jan–4 Feb 2023 6,065? 32.0 20.5 17.7 8.1 1.8 5.4 0.9 – 8.8 2.0 11.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 13–19 Jan 2023 910? 33.8 19.2 23.8 4.7 1.6 6.7 0.7 – 7.0 – 10.0 EM-Analytics/GMG 11 Dec–5 Jan 2023 5,375? 32.6 20.9 17.5 8.1 1.8 5.5 0.8 – 9.1 – 11.7 EM-Analytics/GMG 22 Nov–11 Dec 2022 4,474? 32.7 21.1 16.8 8.2 1.7 5.5 0.8 – 9.5 – 11.6 CIS 17 Nov–2 Dec 2022 502? 40.9 11.8 18.8 3.5 0.9 4.6 0.3 – 10.3 – 22.1 EM-Analytics/GMG 23 Oct–21 Nov 2022 3,661? 32.7 20.8 17.1 8.0 1.7 5.6 0.8 – 9.6 – 11.9 Hamalgama Métrica/UNED 10 Oct–4 Nov 2022 3,201? 31.5 18.5 18.5 11.4 2.0 3.7 0.7 1.7 7.3 – 13.0 EM-Analytics/GMG 11 Sep–22 Oct 2022 2,868? 32.2 20.4 17.3 8.4 1.8 5.7 0.9 – 9.4 – 11.8 EM-Analytics/GMG 10 Aug–10 Sep 2022 2,365? 32.8 19.7 17.1 8.8 1.9 5.7 0.8 – 9.4 – 13.1 EM-Analytics/GMG 19 Jul–10 Aug 2022?? 32.1 19.9 16.9 9.0 1.8 6.0 0.8 – 9.5 – 12.2 EM-Analytics/GMG 16 Jun–19 Jul 2022?? 31.8 19.7 16.8 9.3 1.9 6.2 0.8 – 9.6 – 12.1 Hamalgama Métrica/UNED 10–30 Jun 2022 3,185? 34.5 16.8 17.2 11.5 2.4 4.3 0.7 1.9 6.5 – 17.3 EM-Analytics/GMG 19 May–13 Jun 2022 1,427? 32.1 19.4 16.4 9.4 2.0 6.3 0.9 – 9.6 – 12.7 EM-Analytics/GMG 2–19 May 2022 1,100? 32.2 19.6 16.6 9.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 – 9.5 – 12.6 TSA/Canarias7 21 Feb–23 Mar 2022 3,402? 33.5 17.2 15.2 11.6 7.2 – 4.8 – 0.7 – – – 16.3 Hamalgama Métrica/UNED 1–26 Nov 2021 3,170? 34.5 18.3 17.8 9.7 2.6 5.4 0.8 6.6 – 16.2 EM-Analytics/Electomanía 16 Jun–23 Jul 2021?? 33.1 18.8 19.0 9.7 2.2 5.3 0.7 6.1 – 14.1 Hamalgama Métrica/UNED 1–19 Feb 2021 1,500? 34.4 17.4 16.1 9.2 9.6 4.5 5.0 – 0.7 – – 17.0 Ágora Integral 7 Feb 2021 5,850???????? –? – –? SyM Consulting 13–17 Jan 2021 3,851 55.2 26.9 21.5 15.7 8.3 8.1 4.9 7.9 – 0.7 – – 5.4 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 15 Dec 2020 850? 32.0 19.8 16.4 9.6 4.9 5.2 0.7 6.7 – 12.2 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 31 Oct 2020 850? 32.4 19.9 16.2 9.6 4.6 4.4 0.7 6.9 – 12.5 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 1 Apr–15 May 2020?? 31.8 19.7 16.7 9.1 4.6 3.5 0.7 7.5 – 12.1 November 2019 general election 10 Nov 2019 55.4 28.9 13.1 20.8 5.4 12.5 – 14.7 – 8.1 2019 regional election 26 May 2019 52.6 28.9 21.9 15.2 9.0 8.8 7.4 2.5 1.0 0.7 – – 7.0

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