[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.
[3] The 70 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 15 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.
Seats were allocated to 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, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:[1][4] After legal amendments in 2018 and 2022, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands to expire after an early dissolution.
[1][4][5] The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Canary Islands and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one.
[1] The Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially dissolved on 4 April 2023 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the BOC, setting the election date for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to convene on 27 June.