Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Congress of Deputies constituency)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Congress of Deputies Electoral constituency
Location of Santa Cruz de Tenerife within Spain
Province	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Population	1,074,409 (2024)[1]
Electorate	881,217 (2023)
Major settlements	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Arona
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	7 (1977–1986) 6 (1986–1989) 7 (1989–present)
Member(s)	PP (3)   PSOE (3)   CCa (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,^[2] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.^[3] Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.^[4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.^[5] The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over 21 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights.^[6][7] Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado),^[8][9] which was abolished in 2022.^[10] 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting.^{[2][3][11][12]} The use of the electoral method may result in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.^[13]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—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—one permille of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the Cortes at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.^[14][15]

Deputies

Deputies 1977–present
Key to parties   U.Podemos   Podemos   PSOE   CDS   CCa–NC   Cs   CCa   AIC   UCD   PP   CP   AP   Vox
Legislature	Election	Distribution
Constituent	1977	2 5
1st	1979	2 5
2nd	1982	4 2 1
3rd	1986	3 1 1 1
4th	1989	4 1 1 1
5th	1993	3 2 2
6th	1996	3 2 2
7th	2000	2 2 3
8th	2004	3 2 2
9th	2008	3 2 2
10th	2011	2 1 4
11th	2015	1 2 1 1 2
12th	2016	1 1 1 1 3
13th	2019 (Apr)	1 2 1 2 1
14th	2019 (Nov)	1 2 1 2 1
15th	2023	3 1 3

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	174,770	35.35	+15.20	3	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	165,590	33.49	+4.90	3	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)1	82,805	16.75	n/a	1	±0
	Unite Canaries (Sumar)2	53,632	10.85	–4.51	0	–1
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)3	6,147	1.24	–0.09	0	±0
	New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC)1	3,165	0.64	n/a	0	±0
	Workers' Front (FO)	1,619	0.33	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People (ANC–UP–PCPC)4	791	0.16	–0.14	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	766	0.15	+0.04	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	n/a	n/a	–11.54	0	–1
Blank ballots		5,088	1.03	+0.30
Total		494,373			7	±0
Valid votes		494,373	98.72	–0.33
Invalid votes		6,404	1.28	+0.33
Votes cast / turnout		500,777	56.83	+2.10
Abstentions		380,440	43.17	–2.10
Registered voters		881,217
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Within the Canarian Coalition–New Canaries alliance in the November 2019 election. 2 Unite Canaries results are compared to the combined totals of United We Can and More Country–Equo in the November 2019 election. 3 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the November 2019 election. 4 Canaries Now–Communist Party of the Canarian People results are compared to the combined totals of Canaries Now and Communist Party of the Canarian People in the November 2019 election.

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	132,518	28.59	+1.26	2	±0
	People's Party (PP)	93,434	20.15	+5.34	2	+1
	Canarian Coalition–New Canaries (CCa–PNC–NC)1	76,261	16.45	–3.46	1	–1
	United We Can (Podemos–IU)	64,613	13.94	–0.72	1	±0
	Vox (Vox)	53,491	11.54	+5.46	1	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	22,979	4.96	–8.92	0	–1
	More Country–Equo (Más País–Equo)	6,583	1.42	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	6,150	1.33	–0.44	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	1,322	0.29	New	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)	922	0.20	–0.14	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	489	0.11	–0.12	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	464	0.10	–0.03	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	418	0.09	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	319	0.07	–0.04	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	236	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,380	0.73	+0.08
Total		463,579			7	±0
Valid votes		463,579	99.05	+0.08
Invalid votes		4,443	0.95	–0.08
Votes cast / turnout		468,022	54.73	–6.53
Abstentions		387,116	45.27	+6.53
Registered voters		855,138
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–New Canaries results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the April 2019 election.

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	141,132	27.33	+6.12	2	+1
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	102,811	19.91	+7.27	2	+1
	People's Party (PP)	76,491	14.81	–19.41	1	–2
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)	75,695	14.66	–3.21	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	71,667	13.88	+2.85	1	±0
	Vox (Vox)	31,385	6.08	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	9,157	1.77	+0.04	0	±0
	Canaries Now (ANC–UP)	1,774	0.34	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,212	0.23	–0.07	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	655	0.13	–0.01	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	582	0.11	New	0	±0
	Feminism8 (F8)	571	0.11	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,352	0.65	+0.07
Total		516,484			7	±0
Valid votes		516,484	98.97	+0.06
Invalid votes		5,398	1.03	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		521,882	61.26	+3.43
Abstentions		330,014	38.74	–3.43
Registered voters		851,896
Sources[16]

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	163,129	34.22	+5.30	3	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–New Canaries (PSOE–NCa)	101,120	21.21	–0.32	1	–1
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo–CLI–AS)1	85,178	17.87	–5.28	1	±0
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)	60,271	12.64	+0.06	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	52,576	11.03	+0.51	1	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	8,243	1.73	+0.36	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,417	0.30	+0.05	0	±0
	Together for Canaries (JxC)	653	0.14	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	649	0.14	–0.02	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	647	0.14	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,783	0.58	–0.08
Total		476,666			7	±0
Valid votes		476,666	98.91	+0.02
Invalid votes		5,259	1.09	–0.02
Votes cast / turnout		481,925	57.83	–0.37
Abstentions		351,448	42.17	+0.37
Registered voters		833,373
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Canarian United Left–Popular Unity in Common in the 2015 election.

2015 general election

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	138,203	28.92	–15.91	2	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–New Canaries (PSOE–NCa)	102,892	21.53	–1.97	2	±0
	We Can (Podemos)	94,936	19.86	New	1	+1
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)1	60,129	12.58	–7.20	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	50,257	10.52	New	1	+1
	Canarian United Left–Popular Unity in Common (IUC–UPeC)	15,716	3.29	–1.11	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	6,537	1.37	+0.74	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,117	0.44	–4.08	0	±0
	Canaries Decides (LV–UP–ALTER)	1,278	0.27	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,182	0.25	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	772	0.16	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	759	0.16	–0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,151	0.66	–0.44
Total		477,929			7	±0
Valid votes		477,929	98.89	+0.52
Invalid votes		5,365	1.11	–0.52
Votes cast / turnout		483,294	58.20	–0.51
Abstentions		347,074	41.80	+0.51
Registered voters		830,368
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party results are compared to Canarian Coalition–New Canaries totals in the 2011 election.

2011 general election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	205,221	44.83	+14.66	4	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	107,600	23.50	–12.99	2	–1
	Canarian Coalition–New Canaries (CC–NC–PNC)1	90,552	19.78	–9.38	1	–1
	Canarian United Left–El Hierro Initiative–The Greens: Plural Left (IUC–IpH–LV)	20,152	4.40	+2.99	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	11,316	2.47	+2.11	0	±0
	Yes We Can–Socialists for Tenerife–Equo (SSP–SxTF–Equo)	10,173	2.22	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,894	0.63	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	2,193	0.48	+0.35	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,384	0.30	+0.21	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	845	0.18	+0.05	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	438	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,054	1.10	+0.44
Total		457,822			7	±0
Valid votes		457,822	98.37	–1.09
Invalid votes		7,583	1.63	+1.09
Votes cast / turnout		465,405	58.71	–6.22
Abstentions		327,368	41.29	+6.22
Registered voters		792,773
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–New Canaries results are compared to Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party totals in the 2008 election.

2008 general election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	179,622	36.49	+1.48	3	±0
	People's Party (PP)	148,501	30.17	+1.83	2	±0
	Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)1	143,526	29.16	–2.62	2	±0
	Canarian United Left–Alternative (IUC)	6,940	1.41	–0.44	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	2,071	0.42	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,750	0.36	New	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,487	0.30	–0.70	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	646	0.13	+0.01	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)	641	0.13	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	470	0.10	New	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	468	0.10	New	0	±0
	Citizens' Union–Independent Progressives of Canaries (UC–PIC)	464	0.09	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	442	0.09	New	0	±0
	Movement for the Unity of the Canarian People (MUPC)	286	0.06	New	0	±0
	Unity of the People (UP)	245	0.05	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	208	0.04	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	205	0.04	–0.03	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	199	0.04	±0.00	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	159	0.03	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	158	0.03	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	141	0.03	New	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	134	0.03	–0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	125	0.03	–0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Front (Frente)	85	0.02	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,258	0.66	–0.26
Total		492,231			7	±0
Valid votes		492,231	99.46	–0.06
Invalid votes		2,673	0.54	+0.06
Votes cast / turnout		494,904	64.93	–0.74
Abstentions		267,317	35.07	+0.74
Registered voters		762,221
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition and the Canarian Nationalist Party in the 2004 election.

2004 general election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	165,158	35.01	+8.67	3	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	145,801	30.91	–2.79	2	±0
	People's Party (PP)	133,677	28.34	–6.64	2	–1
	The Greens–United Left–Citizens' Alternative Initiative (LV–IU–AC25M)	8,736	1.85	–0.46	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	4,732	1.00	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	4,092	0.87	New	0	±0
	Canarian Popular Alternative (APCa)	1,511	0.32	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	657	0.14	–0.02	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	582	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	548	0.12	–0.04	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	378	0.08	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	341	0.07	–0.05	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	305	0.06	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	210	0.04	New	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	208	0.04	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	200	0.04	New	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	134	0.03	–0.05	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	106	0.02	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,333	0.92	+0.11
Total		471,709			7	±0
Valid votes		471,709	99.52	+0.05
Invalid votes		2,275	0.48	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		473,984	65.67	+5.97
Abstentions		247,797	34.33	–5.97
Registered voters		721,781
Sources[16]

2000 general election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	140,336	34.98	+2.60	3	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	135,186	33.70	+7.43	2	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	105,668	26.34	–8.14	2	–1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	9,273	2.31	–2.91	0	±0
	The Greens of Canaries (Verdes)	5,320	1.33	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	656	0.16	+0.06	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	623	0.16	–0.03	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	501	0.12	+0.06	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	331	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,264	0.81	+0.31
Total		401,158			7	±0
Valid votes		401,158	99.47	–0.17
Invalid votes		2,144	0.53	+0.17
Votes cast / turnout		403,302	59.70	–7.28
Abstentions		272,228	40.30	+7.28
Registered voters		675,530
Sources[16]

1996 general election

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	144,480	34.48	–0.78	3	±0
	People's Party (PP)	135,701	32.38	+2.96	2	±0
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	110,080	26.27	–0.48	2	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	21,867	5.22	+0.61	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,539	0.37	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands (FREPIC)	1,071	0.26	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	808	0.19	–1.31	0	±0
	Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)	508	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	415	0.10	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	261	0.06	–0.02	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	243	0.06	–0.04	0	±0
	Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,098	0.50	–0.03
Total		419,071			7	±0
Valid votes		419,071	99.64	+0.32
Invalid votes		1,494	0.36	–0.32
Votes cast / turnout		420,565	66.98	+0.15
Abstentions		207,302	33.02	–0.15
Registered voters		627,867
Sources[16]

1993 general election

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	137,281	35.26	–5.39	3	–1
	People's Party (PP)	114,535	29.42	+11.50	2	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)1	104,164	26.75	+5.62	2	+1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	17,932	4.61	–0.95	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	5,846	1.50	–8.56	0	–1
	The Ecologists (LE)	2,801	0.72	+0.05	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,569	0.40	–0.23	0	±0
	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	1,159	0.30	New	0	±0
	Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)	454	0.12	New	0	±0
	Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE)	448	0.12	–1.12	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	385	0.10	New	0	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	374	0.10	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	305	0.08	–0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,076	0.53	+0.03
Total		389,329			7	±0
Valid votes		389,329	99.32	+0.36
Invalid votes		2,667	0.68	–0.36
Votes cast / turnout		391,996	66.83	+6.17
Abstentions		194,520	33.17	–6.17
Registered voters		586,516
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Independent Groups totals in the 1989 election.

1989 general election

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	128,360	40.65	+0.81	4	+1
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	58,434	18.50	+0.12	1	±0
	People's Party (PP)1	56,600	17.92	–0.12	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	31,776	10.06	–2.21	1	±0
	United Left–United Canarian Left (IU–ICU)	17,546	5.56	+2.65	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Assembly (ACN)2	8,295	2.63	–2.22	0	±0
	Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)	3,906	1.24	New	0	±0
	The Greens–Green List (LV–LV)	3,139	0.99	+0.54	0	±0
	The Ecologist Greens (LVE)	2,117	0.67	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,990	0.63	–0.41	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	844	0.27	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)	521	0.16	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	376	0.12	–0.12	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	336	0.11	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,566	0.50	+0.18
Total		315,806			7	+1
Valid votes		315,806	98.96	+0.60
Invalid votes		3,323	1.04	–0.60
Votes cast / turnout		319,129	60.66	–4.91
Abstentions		206,999	39.34	+4.91
Registered voters		526,128
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1986 election. 2 Canarian Nationalist Assembly results are compared to Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left totals in the 1986 election.

1986 general election

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	127,292	39.84	–1.06	3	–1
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	58,737	18.38	New	1	+1
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1	57,646	18.04	–6.51	1	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	39,210	12.27	+8.32	1	+1
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	15,499	4.85	+2.92	0	±0
	United Canarian Left (ICU)	9,312	2.91	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,313	1.04	–0.05	0	±0
	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	2,055	0.64	New	0	±0
	The Greens (Verdes)	1,451	0.45	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,280	0.40	+0.37	0	±0
	Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE)	1,088	0.34	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	815	0.26	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	760	0.24	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–19.29	0	–1
Blank ballots		1,029	0.32	–0.13
Total		319,487			6	–1
Valid votes		319,487	98.36	+0.78
Invalid votes		5,322	1.64	–0.78
Votes cast / turnout		324,809	65.57	–9.58
Abstentions		170,569	34.43	+9.58
Registered voters		495,378
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party totals in the 1982 election.

1982 general election

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	130,249	40.90	+19.15	4	+2
	People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP)1	78,174	24.55	+20.00	2	+2
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	61,436	19.29	–37.49	1	–4
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	18,772	5.90	–2.48	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	12,587	3.95	New	0	±0
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Coordinator (AC–CC)	6,132	1.93	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,469	1.09	New	0	±0
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	2,206	0.69	New	0	±0
	New Force (FN)2	1,315	0.41	–1.00	0	±0
	Canarian Social Democratic Association (ASDC)	1,131	0.36	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))	799	0.25	New	0	±0
	Communist League–Internationalist Socialist Workers' Coalition (LC (COSI))	632	0.20	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	85	0.03	–0.16	0	±0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	0	0.00	–0.42	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,446	0.45	+0.18
Total		318,433			7	±0
Valid votes		318,433	97.58	–0.61
Invalid votes		7,901	2.42	+0.61
Votes cast / turnout		326,334	75.15	+22.30
Abstentions		107,936	24.85	–22.30
Registered voters		434,270
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. 2 New Force results are compared to National Union totals in the 1979 election.

1979 general election

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	139,908	56.78	+3.55	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1	53,604	21.75	–2.99	2	±0
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	20,649	8.38	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE)	11,560	4.69	+0.65	0	±0
	Democratic Coalition (CD)2	11,204	4.55	–6.01	0	±0
	National Union (UN)	3,482	1.41	New	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	1,796	0.73	New	0	±0
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	1,644	0.67	New	0	±0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	1,041	0.42	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (PC)	852	0.35	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		669	0.27	–0.06
Total		246,409			7	±0
Valid votes		246,409	98.19	–0.04
Invalid votes		4,531	1.81	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		250,940	52.85	–14.58
Abstentions		223,901	47.15	+14.58
Registered voters		474,841
Sources[16]
Footnotes: 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity in the 1977 election. 2 Democratic Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1977 election.

1977 general election

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	140,237	53.23	n/a	5	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	50,951	19.34	n/a	2	n/a
	People's Alliance (AP)	27,828	10.56	n/a	0	n/a
	People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US)	14,215	5.40	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE)	10,643	4.04	n/a	0	n/a
	Canarian People's Party (PPCan)	7,768	2.95	n/a	0	n/a
	United Canarian Left (ICU)	4,118	1.56	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))	4,099	1.56	n/a	0	n/a
	Socialist Party of Canaries (PSCan)	2,726	1.03	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		860	0.33	n/a
Total		263,445			7	n/a
Valid votes		263,445	98.23	n/a
Invalid votes		4,739	1.77	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		268,184	67.43	n/a
Abstentions		129,548	32.57	n/a
Registered voters		397,732
Sources[16]

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