Results show major swing to the left by James Tweedie, Tenerife, Monday May 26 2014 European Parliament election results from the Canary Islands showed a marked swing to the left on Monday, with the big two parties unable to garner half the votes between them. The conservative People's Party (PP), in government nationally, 'won' the May 25 elections with a mere 23 per cent of the vote on a 37 per cent turnout, while the social-democratic Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) came a close second with 22 per cent. The pro-business Canarian Coalition (CC), the largest party in the regional parliament, managed a paltry 12 per cent. Left-wing parties made large gains. The United Left (IU, which includes the Communist Party of Spain), in alliance with the Greens, increased its total vote from almost 10,000 in 2009 to 59,000, a share of 10.5 per cent.  But the big surprise was Podemos ('We Can'), a new left-wing party only formed in January 2014 and