Coalición Canaria and Primero Canarias launch Las Palmas election bid
The parties have presented a joint congressional list for Las Palmas, the province that includes Fuerteventura, ahead of the 29 November general election.
Coalición Canaria (CC) and Primero Canarias have presented their joint candidates for the Las Palmas constituency ahead of the 29 November general election, with the alliance seeking a seat in Congress for the province that includes Fuerteventura.
More than 1,000 people attended the presentation at Gran Canaria Arena on Saturday. Teodoro Sosa heads the coalition’s Las Palmas list, followed by María Fernández and Juan José Rodríguez Pérez.
The alliance faces a separate nationalist candidacy led by Nueva Canarias, which is standing with Podemos, Izquierda Unida and Movimiento Sumar under the name Unidad del Pueblo Canario (UPC). Primero Canarias emerged following a split within Nueva Canarias in 2025.
The contest for Las Palmas
In the July 2023 general election, CC and Nueva Canarias stood separately in Las Palmas. CC received 33,558 votes and Nueva Canarias 42,430, but neither won one of the province’s eight congressional seats. CC’s representation came from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where Cristina Valido won a seat; she again heads the coalition’s list there.
The 2023 totals offer a point of comparison, although they cannot be transferred directly to the new alliances. This election will be Primero Canarias’s first contest for Congress.
Pablo Rodríguez, CC’s secretary general in Gran Canaria and housing councillor, described the agreement as a political reunion. He said more than 20 political organisations supported the alliance and acknowledged the role of Primero Canarias and its president, Óscar Hernández, in reaching the agreement.
Nueva Canarias remains outside the pact and leads the UPC list in Las Palmas, headed by Luis Campos.
Shared priorities
The alliance’s common document, the Declaración por la unidad canaria en Madrid, was signed on 17 October. Its commitments include access to housing, regional financing, the Canary Islands’ Economic and Fiscal Regime and development of the Statute of Autonomy.
It also addresses the 75% residents’ discount, free public transport and state investment. The organisations intend to use the document as a basis for negotiations in the Spanish parliament.