2007 Balearic regional election

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2007 Balearic regional election
← 2003 27 May 2007 2011 →
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 699,947 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.5%
Turnout 420,941 (60.1%)
Red Arrow Down.svg2.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Jaume Matas Francesc Antich Xico Tarrés
Party People's Party of the Balearic Islands Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands PSOE–ExC
Leader since 17 June 1996 9 November 1998 2007
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Ibiza
Last election 29 seats, 44.7% 15 seats, 24.5% 5 seats, 4.0%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 28 16 6
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1
Popular vote 192,577 115,477 19,094
Percentage 46.0% 27.6% 4.6%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.3 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3.1 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Biel Barceló Maria Antònia Munar Eduard Riudavets
Party Bloc for Mallorca UM PSM–EN
Leader since 27 May 2006 1 July 1991 2003
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Menorca
Last election 5 seats, 12.1%[lower-alpha 2] 3 seats, 7.5% 1 seat, 0.7%
Seats won 4 3 1
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg1 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 37,572 28,178 3,292
Percentage 9.0% 6.7% 0.8%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg3.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg0.8 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.1 pp
  Seventh party
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Leader Josep Mayans Serra
Party Independent Popular Council of Formentera
Leader since 2003
Leader's seat Formentera
Last election 1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won 1
Seat change Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0
Popular vote 1,795
Percentage 0.4%
Swing Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0.0 pp
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Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Jaume Matas
People's Party of the Balearic Islands

 Elected President

Francesc Antich
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands

The 2007 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

On 1 March 2007, the reform of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands came into effect.[1] Among other changes, it gave more autonomy to every Island Council, with the creation of the Island Council of Formentera—formerly the Island Council of Ibiza and Formentera covered both islands—, composed by the municipal councillors elected in the Formentera municipal election. This meant that to elect the island councillors a separate election was held for the first time. Since then, the regional election in every district was used to determine the councillors. The number of seats was the same as before—33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca and 13 for Ibiza. The voters had therefore an extra blue ballot to vote for each Island Council, different from the salmon ballot existing for the regional election.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[2]

Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[2][3]

Election date

After legal amendments in 2007, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands to expire after an early dissolution. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election decree was required to be published in the BOIB no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 24 June 2007.[2][3][4]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Balearic 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. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a sixty-day period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[2]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3][4]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Parties and coalitions Ideology Candidate
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 3] Conservatism, Christian democracy Jaume Matas
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)[lower-alpha 4] Social democracy Francesc Antich
Bloc–PSM–The Greens (Bloc–PSM–EV) Democratic socialism, Left-wing nationalism Biel Barceló
Majorcan Union (UM) Liberalism, Balearic regionalism Maria Antònia Munar

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.

Color key:

      Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 192,577 46.02 +1.32 28 –1
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 115,477 27.60 +3.06 16 +1
Bloc for Mallorca (PSM–EN, EU–EV, ERC)1 37,572 8.98 –3.14 4 –1
Majorcan Union (UM) 28,178 6.73 –0.72 3 ±0
PSOE–Ibiza for Change (PSOE–ExC)2 19,094 4.56 +0.61 6 +1
PSM–Nationalist Agreement–The Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me)3 3,292 0.79 +0.10 1 ±0
Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,921 0.46 –1.11 0 ±0
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) 1,795 0.43 +0.05 1 ±0
Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU)4 1,728 0.41 ±0.00 0 ±0
PSOE+People for Formentera (PSOE+GxF)5 1,456 0.35 +0.05 0 ±0
Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 1,216 0.29 +0.19 0 ±0
European Green Group (GVE) 876 0.21 +0.12 0 ±0
Balearic Party (PB) 802 0.19 New 0 ±0
Balearic People's Union (UPB) 689 0.16 +0.13 0 ±0
Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) 686 0.16 –0.10 0 ±0
Pityusic Democracy (DP) 675 0.16 New 0 ±0
Key of Mallorca (Clau) 546 0.13 –0.58 0 ±0
Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD) 543 0.13 +0.03 0 ±0
Islander Party of the Balearic Islands (PIIB) 366 0.09 New 0 ±0
Civic Union (UC) 342 0.08 –0.10 0 ±0
Blank ballots 8,613 2.06 +0.40
Total 418,444 59 ±0
Valid votes 418,444 99.41 +0.06
Invalid votes 2,497 0.59 –0.06
Votes cast / turnout 420,941 60.14 –2.70
Abstentions 279,006 39.86 +2.70
Registered voters 699,947
Sources[5][6][7]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
  
 46.02%
PSIB–PSOE
  
 27.60%
Bloc
  
 8.98%
UM
  
 6.73%
PSOE–ExC
  
 4.56%
PSM–EN
  
 0.79%
AIPF
  
 0.43%
Others
  
 2.83%
Blank ballots
  
 2.06%
Seats
PP
  
 47.46%
PSIB–PSOE
  
 27.12%
PSOE–ExC
  
 10.17%
Bloc
  
 6.78%
UM
  
 5.08%
PSM–EN
  
 1.69%
AIPF
  
 1.69%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSIB Bloc UM PSOE–ExC PSM–EN AIPF
 % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S
Formentera 54.5 1
Ibiza 47.1 6 45.8 6
Mallorca 46.7 16 30.1 10 11.2 4 8.4 3
Menorca 43.0 6 38.4 6 9.0 1
Total 46.0 28 32.2 22 9.0 4 6.7 3 4.6 6 0.8 1 0.4 1
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

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Further information: Second government of Francesc Antich
Investiture
Francesc Antich (PSIB)
Ballot → 4 July 2007
Required majority → 30 out of 59 YesY
Yes
30 / 59
No
29 / 59
Abstentions
0 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Results for Pacte (3.64%, 5 seats) and EV–Eiv (0.31%, 0 seats) in the 2003 election.
  2. ↑ Results for PSM–EN (7.26%, 3 seats), EU–EV (4.47%, 2 seats) and ERC (0.39%, 0 seats) in the 2003 election.
  3. ↑ Includes Independent Popular Council of Formentera in Formentera.
  4. ↑ Includes Eivissa pel Canvi in Ibiza and Gent per Formentera in Formentera.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 Within Bloc.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 Within PSIB–PSOE.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Within PP.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Within PSM–EN.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Within EUIB.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Within Progressives for the Balearic Islands.

References

Opinion poll sources
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Other
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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ley Orgánica 1/2007, de 28 de febrero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de las Illes Balears, Organic Law No. 1 of 28 February 2007 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares, Law No. 8 of 26 November 1986 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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