Balearic Islands (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Balearic Islands
Congress of Deputies
Electoral Constituency

Location of Balearic Islands within Spain.
Province Province of Balearic Islands
Autonomous community Balearic Islands
Population 1,103,959 (2015)
Electorate 771,385 (2015)
Major settlements Palma, Calviá, Ibiza
Current constituency
Created 1977
Seats 6 (1977–1989)
7 (1993–2000)
8 (2004–)

Coordinates: 39°30′N 3°00′W / 39.500°N 3.000°W / 39.500; -3.000 Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears [ˈiʎəz βəɫəˈas]) is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. The method of election is the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

Palma is by far the largest municipality with a population of 400,000 over 40% of the district's population. Aside from Calviá and Ibiza, there are no other municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants.

Results

General elections

2015

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Vote share

  PP (29.07%)
  Podemos (23.05%)
  PSOE (18.31%)
  C's (14.78%)
  Més (7.02%)
  El PI (2.67%)
  IU-UPB (2.37%)
  PACMA (1.06%)
  Other (1.67%)
Summary of the 20 December 2015 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 140,542 29.07 Decrease20.52 3 Decrease2
We Can (Podemos) 111,416 23.05 New 2 Increase2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 88,542 18.31 Decrease10.56 2 Decrease1
Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's) 71,446 14.78 New 1 Increase1
More for Majorca (Més)[lower-alpha 1] 33,931 7.02 Decrease0.15 0 ±0
Proposal for the Islands (El PI) 12,902 2.67 New 0 ±0
United Left-Balearic Popular Unity (IU-UPB) 11,434 2.37 Decrease2.57 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 5,106 1.06 Increase0.23 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2,277 0.47 Decrease3.76 0 ±0
Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-GV) 1,172 0.24 Increase0.14 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 714 0.15 Decrease0.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,971 0.82 Decrease0.99
Total 483,453 100.00 8 ±0
Valid votes 483,453 99.04 Increase0.66
Invalid votes 4,678 0.96 Decrease0.66
Votes cast / turnout 488,131 65.21 Increase4.25
Abstentions 260,429 34.79 Decrease4.25
Registered voters 748,560
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2011

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Vote share

  PP (49.6%)
  PSOE (28.9%)
  PSM-IV-ExM-EQUO (7.2%)
  EUIB (4.9%)
  UPyD (4.2%)
  ERC (1.1%)
  Other (4.1%)
Summary of the 20 November 2011 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 217,327 49.59 Increase5.62 5 Increase1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 126,512 28.87 Decrease15.36 3 Decrease1
Socialist Party of Majorca-Initiative Greens-Equo (PSM-IV-ExM-EQUO) 31,417 7.17 Increase1.80 0 ±0
United Left of the Balearic Islands: Plural Left (EUIB) 21,668 4.94 Increase2.10 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 18,525 4.23 Increase3.57 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 4,681 1.07 New 0 ±0
Blank Seats (Eb) 4,271 0.97 New 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,641 0.83 Increase0.58 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,093 0.25 Increase0.16 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 746 0.17 Increase0.11 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 450 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 7,941 1.81 Increase0.54
Total 438,272 100.00 8 ±0
Valid votes 438,272 98.38 Decrease0.77
Invalid votes 7,216 1.62 Increase0.77
Votes cast / turnout 445,488 60.96 Decrease6.61
Abstentions 285,252 39.04 Increase6.61
Registered voters 730,740
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

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Vote share

  PSOE (44.2%)
  PP (44.0%)
  UIB (5.4%)
  IU (2.8%)
  Other (3.6%)
Summary of the 9 March 2008 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 209,451 44.23 Increase4.75 4 ±0
People's Party (PP) 208,246 43.97 Decrease1.92 4 ±0
Unity for the Islands (UIB) 25,454 5.37 Decrease3.20 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 13,447 2.84 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 3,107 0.66 New 0 ±0
The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV) 2,098 0.44 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,173 0.25 New 0 ±0
Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 1,010 0.21 Decrease0.13 0 ±0
Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's) 723 0.15 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 6,026 1.27 Decrease0.66
Total 473,583 100.00 8 ±0
Valid votes 473,583 99.15 Decrease0.14
Invalid votes 4,079 0.85 Increase0.14
Votes cast / turnout 477,662 67.57 Decrease1.27
Abstentions 229,276 32.43 Increase1.27
Registered voters 706,938
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1989

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Vote share

  PP (40.7%)
  PSOE (34.5%)
  CDS (9.2%)
  IU (5.1%)
  LV-LV (2.5%)
  ARM (2.5%)
  PSM-EN (2.3%)
  Other (3.2%)
Summary of the 29 October 1989 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 2] 140,163 40.66 Increase6.35 3 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 118,833 34.48 Decrease5.80 3 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 31,671 9.19 Decrease2.10 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 17,555 5.09 Increase2.76 0 ±0
The Greens-Green List (LV-LV) 8,762 2.54 New 0 ±0
Ruiz Mateos' Group (ARM) 8,709 2.53 New 0 ±0
Nationalist Left (PSM-EN) 7,989 2.32 Increase0.11 0 ±0
Balearic Union (UB) 2,883 0.84 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 1,621 0.47 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,050 0.30 New 0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (PTE-UC)[lower-alpha 3] 772 0.22 Decrease0.28 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 541 0.16 Decrease0.15 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 431 0.13 Decrease0.05 0 ±0
Balearic Radical Party (PRB) 398 0.12 New 0 ±0
Alliance for the Republic (AR) 327 0.09 New 0 ±0
Social Democratic Coalition (CSD) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,976 0.86 Increase0.14
Total 344,681 100.00 6 ±0
Valid votes 344,681 98.83 Increase1.01
Invalid votes 4,098 1.17 Decrease1.01
Votes cast / turnout 348,779 63.54 Decrease2.48
Abstentions 200,160 36.46 Increase2.48
Registered voters 548,939
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1986

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Vote share

  PSOE (40.3%)
  AP-PDP-PL (34.3%)
  CDS (11.3%)
  PRD (7.1%)
  IU (2.3%)
  PSM-EN (2.2%)
  Other (2.5%)
Summary of the 22 June 1986 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 137,363 40.28 Decrease0.17 3 ±0
People's Coalition (AP-PDP-PL)[lower-alpha 4] 117,007 34.31 Decrease3.40 3 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 38,510 11.29 Increase6.04 0 ±0
Democratic Reformist Party (PRD) 24,379 7.15 New 0 ±0
United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 5] 7,942 2.33 Increase0.66 0 ±0
Nationalist Left (PSM-EN) 7,539 2.21 Decrease0.21 0 ±0
Communists’ Unity Board (MUC) 1,713 0.50 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 1,105 0.32 Increase0.17 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 1,062 0.31 Increase0.31 0 ±0
Republican People's Unity (UPR) 800 0.23 Increase0.10 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 601 0.18 New 0 ±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 583 0.17 New 0 ±0
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,452 0.72 Increase0.12
Total 341,056 100.00 6 ±0
Valid votes 341,056 97.82 Increase2.06
Invalid votes 7,592 2.18 Decrease2.06
Votes cast / turnout 348,648 66.02 Decrease13.72
Abstentions 179,474 33.98 Increase13.72
Registered voters 528,122
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1982

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Vote share

  PSOE (40.5%)
  AP-PDP (37.7%)
  UCD (10.4%)
  CDS (5.3%)
  PSM (2.4%)
  PCE (1.7%)
  Other (2%)
Summary of the 28 October 1982 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in the Balearic Islands
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 144,232 40.45 Increase11.07 3 Increase1
People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party (AP-PDP) 134,444 37.71 Increase28.54 3 Increase3
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 37,148 10.42 Decrease38.50 0 Decrease4
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 18,722 5.25 New 0 ±0
Socialist Party of Majorca-Nationalists of the Islands (PSM) 8,633 2.42 Decrease0.92 0 ±0
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 5,962 1.67 Decrease3.24 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 1,716 0.48 New 0 ±0
Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) 1,178 0.33 New 0 ±0
New Force (FN) 879 0.25 Decrease0.80 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 518 0.15 New 0 ±0
Spanish Solidarity (SE) 509 0.14 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l)) 450 0.13 New 0 ±0
Majorcan Left (EM) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 0 0.00 Decrease0.30 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,148 0.60 Increase0.22
Total 356,539 100.00 6 ±0
Valid votes 356,539 95.76 Increase0.37
Invalid votes 15,791 4.24 Decrease0.37
Votes cast / turnout 372,330 79.74 Increase10.09
Abstentions 94,579 20.26 Decrease10.09
Registered voters 466,909
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes

  1. Compared to the Socialist Party of Majorca-Initiative Greens-Equo results in the 2011 election.
  2. Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1986 election.
  3. Compared to the Communists’ Unity Board results in the 1986 election.
  4. Compared to the People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party results in the 1982 election.
  5. Compared to the Communist Party of Spain results in the 1982 election.
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