A regional election will be held in the Canary Islands no later than 27 June 2027 to elect the 12th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 70 seats in the Parliament will be up for election. If customary practice is maintained, the election will be held on 23 May 2027, simultaneously with regional elections in at least seven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Overview Under the 2018 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands is 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 are supplemented by national law provisions..

Date The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expires four years after the date of its previous election, unless it is dissolved earlier. The election decree shall 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 28 May 2023, which means that the chamber's term will expire on 28 May 2027. The election decree shall be published in the BOC no later than 4 May 2027, setting the latest possible date for election day on 27 June 2027.

The regional president has 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 is in process and that dissolution does 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 is to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called..

Electoral system Voting for the Parliament is 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 have not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.; ( by ).

The Parliament of the Canary Islands has a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 75 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 70. All are 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 is 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 is 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 does not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term will be filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes. ( by ).

Current parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the present time.

+ Current parliamentary composition Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 23 23 Canarian Nationalist Parliamentary Group (CCa) CCa 19 19 People's Parliamentary Group PP 15 15 New Canaries–Canarian Bloc Parliamentary Group (NC–BC) NC–BC 5 5 Vox Parliamentary Group Vox 3 3 Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group (ASG) ASG 3 3 Mixed Parliamentary Group AHI 1 1 Non-Inscrits INDEP 1 1

Parties and candidates The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek 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 through the use of a zipper system..

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which will likely contest the election:

Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PSOE Ángel Víctor Torres Social democracy 27.2% CCa Fernando Clavijo RegionalismCanarian nationalismCentrism 22.1% PP Manuel Domínguez ConservatismChristian democracy 19.3% NC–BC Luis Campos Canarian nationalismSocial democracy 7.9% Vox Nicasio Galván Right-wing populismUltranationalismNational conservatism 7.9% ASG Casimiro Curbelo InsularismSocial democracy 0.7% AHI Raúl Acosta InsularismCanarian nationalismCentrism 0.2%

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.

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 are required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout SALF Lead Sigma Dos/El Mundo 27 May–5 Jun 2026 1,600? 25.9 21.3 17.7 5.0 12.8 3.7 – – 0.8 – 0.2 3.4 – – 4.6 EM-Analytics/Electomanía 1–28 May 2026 1,355? 25.5 24.5 21.4 5.0 8.2 3.7 2.8 – 0.8 – 0.1 2.4 1.0 1.7 1.0 GCEMOP/Atlántico Hoy 19–25 May 2026 1,639? 25.0–26.0 20.0–21.0 16.0–17.0 4.0–5.0 13.0–14.0 – – – 0.5–1.0 – – – – 5.0 Areópago Genuina 26/UNED 20 Oct–10 Nov 2025 1,511? 26.6 22.7 17.8 7.4 11.3 3.9 3.1 1.1 0.7 – 0.2 – – 1.9 3.9 NC Report/La Razón 16–31 May 2025 400 49.3????? – – –? –? – – –? Sigma Dos/El Mundo 12–27 May 2025 1,109? 27.8 22.2 21.3 6.0 9.5 2.5 – – 1.0 – 0.2 – – – 5.6 Ágora Integral/Canarias Ahora 15–26 May 2025 2,100 52 28.2 23.8 22.5 4.6 8.2 3.3 2.4 –? –? – – 2.5 4.4 EM-Analytics/GMG 25 Apr–5 May 2025 1,204? 27.4 24.0 20.1 5.1 7.0 2.7 2.1 1.3 0.7 – 0.2 2.5 2.0 – 3.4 2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 37.2 30.5 10.3 29.3 12.0 3.4 – – – 0.4 – 4.0 6.3 – 1.2 EM-Analytics/GMG 1–24 May 2024 1,207? 25.7 23.9 22.0 8.5 7.3 1.0 2.7 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.5 – – 1.8 2023 general election 23 Jul 2023 58.2 33.3 11.4 30.4 4.5 7.6 – – – – 10.5 – – 2.9 2023 regional election 28 May 2023 52.0 27.2 22.1 19.3 7.9 7.9 3.9 3.2 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 – – – 5.1

Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size SALF Lead Areópago Genuina 26/UNED 20 Oct–10 Nov 2025 1,511 33.1 23.7 17.5 6.8 7.3 1.1 0.7 0.5 – – 5.0 1.8 9.4 CIS 7–31 Mar 2025 397 21.7 15.9 12.7 0.6 10.0 1.4 1.0 – 1.0 0.7 27.0 4.7 5.8 Ágora Integral/UNED 1–17 Nov 2024 1,504 26.0 19.2 17.7 7.9 5.6 4.1 1.1 0.4 – – 8.0 5.2 6.8 2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 12.4 4.1 11.9 4.9 1.4 – – 1.6 2.6 59.3 0.5 2023 general election 23 Jul 2023 21.0 7.1 19.1 2.8 4.8 – 6.6 – 36.4 1.9 2023 regional election 28 May 2023 15.2 12.3 10.9 4.5 4.4 2.2 1.8 0.4 – – 42.8 2.9

Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Canary Islands.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/None/Notcare Lead GCEMOP/Atlántico Hoy 19–25 May 2026 1,639 19.8 18.3 – 4.6 3.0 0.7 6.3 31.5 16.0 1.5 CIS 7–31 Mar 2025 397 13.6 13.4 0.7 3.8 – 6.0 – 6.5 56.1 0.2

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