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Socialist Party of the Canaries Partido Socialista de Canarias
Leader	José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga (head of the temporary caretaker committee)
President	Caretaker committee
Secretary-General	Caretaker committee
Headquarters	Av. Islas Canarias, 136, 38007 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Youth wing	Socialist Youth of the Canaries
Membership (2017)	6,338
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Congress of Deputies (Canarian seats)	6 / 15
Spanish Senate (Canarian seats)	7 / 11
Canarian Parliament	23 / 70
Island councils	38 / 155
Town councillors (2015-2019)	375 / 1,337
Website
psoecanarias.com/web/
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The Socialist Party of the Canaries (Spanish: Partido Socialista de Canarias, PSC-PSOE) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
1983	233,991	41.18%	1st	27 / 60	—	Jerónimo Saavedra	Government
1987	185,749	27.77%	1st	21 / 60	2	Jerónimo Saavedra	Opposition
1991	229,692	33.03%	1st	23 / 60	2	Jerónimo Saavedra	Coalition (1991–1993)
							Opposition (1993–1995)
1995	183,969	23.08%	3rd	16 / 60	7	Augusto Brito	Opposition
1999	199,503	24.03%	2nd	19 / 60	3	Jerónimo Saavedra	Opposition
2003	235,234	25.42%	3rd	17 / 60	2	Juan Carlos Alemán	Opposition
2007	322,833	34.51%	1st	26 / 60	9	Juan Fernando López Aguilar	Opposition
2011	190,028	20.98%	3rd	15 / 60	11	José Miguel Pérez García	Coalition
2015	182,006	19.89%	1st	15 / 60	0	Patricia Hernández	Coalition (2015–2016)
							Opposition (2016–2019)
2019	258,255	28.88%	1st	25 / 70	10	Ángel Víctor Torres	Coalition
2023	239,070	27.17%	1st	23 / 70	2	Ángel Víctor Torres	Opposition

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election	Canary Islands
	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
1977	90,567	16.55%	2nd	3 / 13	—	1 / 10	—
1979	95,220	17.82%	2nd	3 / 13	0	1 / 11	0
1982	239,615	36.65%	1st	7 / 13	4	5 / 11	4
1986	241,197	36.06%	1st	6 / 13	1	7 / 11	2
1989	242,035	36.10%	1st	7 / 14	1	6 / 11	1
1993	241,648	29.85%	2nd	5 / 14	2	4 / 11	2
1996	263,249	29.97%	2nd	5 / 14	0	5 / 11	1
2000	186,363	22.19%	3rd	3 / 14	2	1 / 11	4
2004	333,084	34.45%	2nd	6 / 15	3	5 / 11	4
2008	395,182	39.57%	1st	7 / 15	1	7 / 11	2
2011	231,086	24.85%	2nd	4 / 15	3	3 / 11	4
2015	218,413	21.97%	3rd	4 / 15	0	1 / 11	2
2016	220,471	22.52%	2nd	3 / 15	1	1 / 11	0
2019 (Apr)	295,474	27.83%	1st	5 / 15	2	8 / 11	7
2019 (Nov)	273,596	28.88%	1st	5 / 15	0	7 / 11	1
2023	341,261	33.34%	1st	6 / 15	1	7 / 11	0

European Parliament

Notes

1. ^ Electoral alliance with New Canaries.

References

1. 1.100.000 papeletas, 5.000 urnas y 187.949 militantes: todo listo para las primarias. El Confidencial, 19/05/2017.
2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2003). "Canary Islands/Spain". Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.

• Branches of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• Political parties in the Canary Islands
• Social democratic parties in Spain