460 candidates for the 26 Canary Islands seats in the Cortes Generales
The PCPC candidate, Carmelo Suárez, has been running for deputy without interruption since 1982, already adding 14 appointments to the polls
Still pending in the Canary Islands the formation of the island councils and the regional government after 28M, the electoral machinery of the different political parties of the Islands returns to pick up pace for the general elections on July 23. The formations have already registered the lists of island candidates for the Congress of Deputies and the Senatewith a total of 460 names -247 holders and 213 substitutes-, who present themselves to the battle for one of the 26 Canary Islands seats that are at stake in the General cuts. The candidacies, published yesterday in the Official State Gazette (BOE) by the provincial electoral boards, are composed of some repeaters and by numerous debutants that try to bring a renewed air to the XV Legislature. Among the most persevering candidates is Carmelo Suárez, head of the list of the Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC), who has run for deputy without interruption since 1982, already adding 14 appointments to the polls.
