Balearic regional election, 2007

Balearic regional election, 2007
27 May 2007
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 699,947 2.5%
Turnout 420,941 (60.1%)
2.7 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jaume Matas Francesc Antich Biel Barceló
Party PP PSIB–PSOE Bloc
Leader since 17 June 1996 9 November 1998 27 May 2006
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca
Last election 30 seats, 45.1% 20 seats, 28.8%[lower-alpha 1] 6 seats, 12.8%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 29 22 5
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 194,372 136,027 40,864
Percentage 46.5% 32.5% 9.8%
Swing 1.4 pp 4.7 pp 3.0 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader Maria Antònia Munar
Party UM
Leader since 1 July 1991
Leader's seat Mallorca
Last election 3 seats, 7.5%
Seats won 3
Seat change 0
Popular vote 28,178
Percentage 6.7%
Swing 0.8 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Jaume Matas
PP

 Elected President

Francesc Antich
PSIB–PSOE

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 President of the Government.[2] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, 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 a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[2][3]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[3][4][5]

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, 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 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][5]

The President of the Government 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 leaders

Below is a list of the main parties and coalitions 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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates 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 →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 194,37246.45+1.37 29–1
People's Party (PP) 192,57746.02+1.32 28–1
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) 1,7950.43+0.05 1±0
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 136,02732.51+4.72 22+2
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 115,47727.60+3.06 16+1
PSOE–Ibiza for Change (PSOE–ExC)1 19,0944.56+0.61 6+1
PSOE+People for Formentera (PSOE+GxF)2 1,4560.35+0.05 0±0
Bloc–PSM–The Greens (Bloc–PSM–EV) 40,8649.77–3.04 5–1
Bloc for Majorca (PSM–EN, EU–EV, ERC)3 37,5728.98–3.14 4–1
PSM–Nationalist Agreement–The Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me)4 3,2920.79+0.10 1±0
Majorcan Union (UM) 28,1786.73–0.72 3±0
Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,9210.46–1.11 0±0
Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU)5 1,7280.41±0.00 0±0
Citizens for Blank Votes (CB) 1,2160.29+0.19 0±0
European Green Group (GVE) 8760.21+0.12 0±0
Balearic Party (PB) 8020.19New 0±0
Balearic People's Union (UPB) 6890.16+0.13 0±0
Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) 6860.16–0.10 0±0
Pityusic Democracy (DP) 6750.16New 0±0
Key of Majorca (Clau) 5460.13–0.58 0±0
Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD) 5430.13+0.03 0±0
Islander Party of the Balearic Islands (PIIB) 3660.09New 0±0
Civic Union (UC) 3420.08–0.10 0±0
Blank ballots 8,6132.06+0.40
Total 418,444 59±0
Valid votes 418,44499.41+0.06
Invalid votes 2,4970.59–0.06
Votes cast / turnout 420,94160.14–2.70
Abstentions 279,00639.86+2.70
Registered voters 699,947
Sources[6][7][8]
Popular vote
PP
 
 46.45%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 32.51%
Bloc–PSM–EV
 
 9.77%
UM
 
 6.73%
Others
 
 2.48%
Blank ballots
 
 2.06%
Seats
PP
 
 47.46%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 37.29%
Bloc–PSM–EV
 
 8.47%
UM
 
 5.08%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSIB Bloc–PSM UM ExC AIPF
% 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 9.8 5 6.7 3 4.6 6 0.4 1

Aftermath

Investiture
Francesc Antich (PSIB)
Ballot → 4 July 2007
Required majority → 30 out of 59 ☑
30 / 59
29 / 59
Abstentions
0 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Aggregated data for PSIB–PSOE and EV in Ibiza in the 2003 election.
  2. ↑ Data for PSM–EN, EU–EV and ERC 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.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. ↑ "Navarra y Baleares podrían cambiar de gobierno". Expansión (in Spanish). 27 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Sólo Navarra y Baleares podrían cambiar de gobierno, según el sondeo de RTVE y FORTA". Europa Press (in Spanish). 27 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Rajoy saca peor nota que Zapatero en los bastiones electorales del PP". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "La izquierda progresa en Baleares frente a un PP resistente". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
  5. ↑ "Vuelco electoral en Navarra, Baleares y Canarias y aplastante victoria del PP en Madrid". Terra (in Spanish). 17 May 2007.
  6. ↑ "Encuestas autonómicas". Celeste-Tel (in Spanish). 17 May 2007.
  7. ↑ "Cambio de gobierno en Baleares". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 16 May 2007.
  8. ↑ "El PP de Matas perdería el Gobierno de Baleares". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 16 May 2007.
  9. ↑ "Pulsómetro 16/05/2007". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 16 May 2007.
  10. ↑ "Sondeo de Sigma Dos: El PP renovaría siete autonomías y podría perder dos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 May 2007.
  11. ↑ "Matas mantiene sus resultados". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 May 2007.
  12. ↑ "Elecciones 27-M / Sondeo El Mundo-Sigma Dos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 May 2007.
  13. ↑ "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2007. CA de las Islas Baleares (Estudio nº 2689. Abril-Mayo 2007)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2007.
  14. ↑ "La aritmética juega en contra del PSOE sólo en las islas Canarias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 May 2007.
  15. ↑ "El PP y el PSOE mantendrán sus gobiernos autonómicos, aunque los socialistas bajan". El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 November 2006.
  16. ↑ "Matas amplía su mayoría absoluta mientras se desploma Unió Mallorquina". El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 November 2006.
  17. ↑ "El voto en las comunidades. Elecciones autonómicas 2007" (PDF). El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 November 2006.
  18. ↑ "Matas mantiene la mayoría absoluta, Antich avanza, Munar se desploma y el PSM aguanta". El Mundo (in Spanish). 28 May 2006.
Other
  1. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 1/2007, de 28 de febrero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de las Illes Balears" (PDF). boe.es (in Spanish). 2007-03-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 2007". Organic Law No. 1 of 28 February 2007. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Balearic Islands Autonomous Community Electoral Law of 1986". Law No. 8 of 26 November 1986. Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands elections, 1983-2011" (PDF). contingutsweb.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Parliament of the Balearic Islands and Island Council elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Catalan). Electoral History. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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