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–)

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	20.52	3	2
	We Can (Podemos)	111,416	23.05	New	2	2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	88,542	18.31	10.56	2	1
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	71,446	14.78	New	1	1
	More for Majorca (Més)	33,931	7.02	0.15	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	2.57	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	5,106	1.06	0.23	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,277	0.47	3.76	0	±0
	Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-GV)	1,172	0.24	0.14	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	714	0.15	0.02	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,971	0.82	0.99
Total		483,453	100.00		8	±0
Valid votes		483,453	99.04	0.66
Invalid votes		4,678	0.96	0.66
Votes cast / turnout		488,131	65.21	4.25
Abstentions		260,429	34.79	4.25
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	5.62	5	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	126,512	28.87	15.36	3	1
	Socialist Party of Majorca-Initiative Greens-Equo (PSM-IV-ExM-EQUO)	31,417	7.17	1.80	0	±0
	United Left of the Balearic Islands: Plural Left (EUIB)	21,668	4.94	2.10	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	18,525	4.23	3.57	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	0.58	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,093	0.25	0.16	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	746	0.17	0.11	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	450	0.10	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,941	1.81	0.54
Total		438,272	100.00		8	±0
Valid votes		438,272	98.38	0.77
Invalid votes		7,216	1.62	0.77
Votes cast / turnout		445,488	60.96	6.61
Abstentions		285,252	39.04	6.61
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	4.75	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	208,246	43.97	1.92	4	±0
	Unity for the Islands (UIB)	25,454	5.37	3.20	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	0.13	0	±0
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	723	0.15	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		2,848	0.60	–	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	425	0.09	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	415	0.09	New	0	±0
	Islander Party of the Balearic Islands (PIIB)	360	0.08	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	334	0.07	±0.00	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	284	0.06	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	250	0.05	±0.00	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	206	0.04	New	0	±0
	Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)	159	0.03	0.06	0	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	158	0.03	New	0	±0
	Balearic Alliance (ABA)	145	0.03	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	112	0.02	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	6,026	1.27	0.66
Total		473,583	100.00		8	±0
Valid votes		473,583	99.15	0.14
Invalid votes		4,079	0.85	0.14
Votes cast / turnout		477,662	67.57	1.27
Abstentions		229,276	32.43	1.27
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)	140,163	40.66	6.35	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	118,833	34.48	5.80	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	31,671	9.19	2.10	0	±0
	United Left (IU)	17,555	5.09	2.76	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	0.11	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)	772	0.22	0.28	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	541	0.16	0.15	0	±0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE)	431	0.13	0.05	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	0.14
Total		344,681	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		344,681	98.83	1.01
Invalid votes		4,098	1.17	1.01
Votes cast / turnout		348,779	63.54	2.48
Abstentions		200,160	36.46	2.48
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	0.17	3	±0
	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-PL)	117,007	34.31	3.40	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	38,510	11.29	6.04	0	±0
	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	24,379	7.15	New	0	±0
	United Left (IU)	7,942	2.33	0.66	0	±0
	Nationalist Left (PSM-EN)	7,539	2.21	0.21	0	±0
	Communists’ Unity Board (MUC)	1,713	0.50	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,105	0.32	0.17	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,062	0.31	0.31	0	±0
	Republican People's Unity (UPR)	800	0.23	0.10	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	0.12
Total		341,056	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		341,056	97.82	2.06
Invalid votes		7,592	2.18	2.06
Votes cast / turnout		348,648	66.02	13.72
Abstentions		179,474	33.98	13.72
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	11.07	3	1
	People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party (AP-PDP)	134,444	37.71	28.54	3	3
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	37,148	10.42	38.50	0	4
	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	0.92	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	5,962	1.67	3.24	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	0.80	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	0.30	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	2,148	0.60	0.22
Total		356,539	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		356,539	95.76	0.37
Invalid votes		15,791	4.24	0.37
Votes cast / turnout		372,330	79.74	10.09
Abstentions		94,579	20.26	10.09
Registered voters		466,909
Source: Ministry of the Interior