Balearic parliamentary election, 2011

Balearic parliamentary election, 2011
Balearic Islands
22 May 2011
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered 726,287 Increase1.0%
Turnout 427,093 (58.8%)
Decrease1.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Ramón Bauzà Francesc Antich Gabriel Barceló
Party PP PSIB–PSOE PSM
Leader since 11 September 2009 9 November 1998 27 May 2006
Leader's seat Majorca Majorca Majorca
Last election 29 seats, 46.5% 22 seats, 32.5% 5 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 35 19 5
Seat change Increase6 Decrease3 ±0
Popular vote 196,214 104,628 40,472
Percentage 46.7% 24.9% 9.6%
Swing Increase0.2 pp Decrease7.6 pp Decrease0.2%

Most voted party by district.
  PP
  PSIB–PSOE
President before election

Francesc Antich
PSIB–PSOE

 Elected President

José Ramón Bauzà
PP

The 2011 elections to the Balearic Islands Parliament were the eighth elections to the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 59 members of the Assembly. Voting was in four electoral districts corresponding to the islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Majorca elected thirty three members, Menorca thirteen, Ibiza twelve and Formentera one.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used was closed list proportional representation with seats allocated in each electoral district using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the votes in a particular district (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.[1]

Political control of the islands had fluctuated in the preceding elections with the People's Party (PP) losing their majority and consequently, control to a coalition headed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) at the 2007 election.[1] The 2011 elections saw the PP regain their overall majority. The gains came largely at the expense of United Left, Convergència per les Illes (formerly Majorcan Union,) Republican Left and The Greens, all of whom lost their representation in the legislature. These parties had all won seats as part of various coalitions in the previous elections.

One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of the Balearic Islands from among their number, with José Ramón Bauzà set to replace the current President, Francesc Antich, incumbent since 2007.[1]

Opinion polls

An opinion poll carried out by the Balearic Islands government and published on 5 April 2011 suggested that the PP would regain their overall majority with 30-31 seats.[2]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Balearic Islands Parliament election results →
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Convergence for the Isles (CxI)[lower-alpha 2] 11,913 2.83 –3.90 0 –3
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 8,731 2.08 New 0 ±0
Republican Left (Esquerra) 5,325 1.27 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 12,293 2.92 +0.86
Total 420,318 100.00 59 ±0
Valid votes 420,318 98.41 –1.00
Invalid votes 6,775 1.59 +1.00
Votes cast / turnout 427,093 58.80 –1.34
Abstentions 299,194 41.20 +1.34
Registered voters 726,287
Source: Government of the Balearic Islands
  1. ↑ PP–GUIF–Sa Unió results are compared to AIPF totals in the 2007 election.
  2. ↑ Convergence for the Isles results are compared to Majorcan Union totals in the 2007 election.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Balearic Islands election results historiaelectoral.com, accessed 18 April 2011
  2. ↑ Un sondeo de un organismo dependiente del Gobierno de Francesc Antich da la mayoría absoluta al PP en Baleares: ERC e IU quedarían fuera del Parlamento, El Confidencial Autonomico, 5 April 2011 accessed 18 April 2011
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