Balearic Islands (Congress of Deputies constituency)

Balearic Islands
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–)

39°30′N 3°00′W / 39.500°N 3.000°W / 39.500; -3.000 Balearic Islands (Template:Lang-ca [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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	People's Party (PP)	140,542	29.07	20.52	3	2
bgcolor="Template:Podemos (Spanish political party)/meta/color" \|	We Can (Podemos)	111,416	23.05	New	2	2
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	88,542	18.31	10.56	2	1
bgcolor="Template:Citizens (Spanish political party)/meta/color" \|	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	71,446	14.78	New	1	1
bgcolor="Template:Més per Mallorca/meta/color" \|	More for Majorca (Més)^[a]	33,931	7.02	0.15	0	±0

bgcolor="Template:Proposta per les Illes/meta/color" \|	Proposal for the Islands (El PI)	12,902	2.67	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Popular Unity (Spain)/meta/color" \|	United Left-Balearic Popular Unity (IU-UPB)	11,434	2.37	2.57	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color" \|	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	5,106	1.06	0.23	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color" \|	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,277	0.47	3.76	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color" \|	Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-GV)	1,172	0.24	0.14	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Family and Life Party/meta/color" \|	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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	People's Party (PP)	217,327	49.59	5.62	5	1
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	126,512	28.87	15.36	3	1
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party of Majorca-Initiative Greens-Equo (PSM-IV-ExM-EQUO)	31,417	7.17	1.80	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Plural Left (Spain, 2011)/meta/color" \|	United Left of the Balearic Islands: Plural Left (EUIB)	21,668	4.94	2.10	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color" \|	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	18,525	4.23	3.57	0	±0

bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color" \|	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	4,681	1.07	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Blank Seats/meta/color" \|	Blank Seats (Eb)	4,271	0.97	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color" \|	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	3,641	0.83	0.58	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:For a Fairer World/meta/color" \|	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,093	0.25	0.16	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Family and Life Party/meta/color" \|	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	746	0.17	0.11	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color" \|	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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	209,451	44.23	4.75	4	±0
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	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

bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" \|	United Left (IU)	13,447	2.84	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color" \|	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
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color" \|	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
bgcolor="Template:Citizens (Spanish political party)/meta/color" \|	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
width="1" bgcolor="Template:For a Fairer World/meta/color" \|	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	425	0.09	New	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color" \|	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	415	0.09	New	±0
	Islander Party of the Balearic Islands (PIIB)	360	0.08	New	±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Falange of the JONS/meta/color" \|	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	334	0.07	±0.00	±0
bgcolor="Template:Family and Life Party/meta/color" \|	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	284	0.06	New	±0
bgcolor="Template:National Democracy (Spain)/meta/color" \|	National Democracy (DN)	250	0.05	±0.00	±0
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Humanist Party (PH)	206	0.04	New	±0
	Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)	159	0.03	0.06	±0
bgcolor="Template:Authentic Falange/meta/color" \|	Authentic Falange (FA)	158	0.03	New	±0
	Balearic Alliance (ABA)	145	0.03	New	±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Alternative/meta/color" \|	Spanish Alternative (AES)	112	0.02	New	±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

2004

2000

1996

1993

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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	People's Party (PP)^[b]	140,163	40.66	6.35	3	±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	118,833	34.48	5.80	3	±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	31,671	9.19	2.10	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" \|	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
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color" \|	Nationalist Left (PSM-EN)	7,989	2.32	0.11	0	±0
	Balearic Union (UB)	2,883	0.84	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,621	0.47	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color" \|	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,050	0.30	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity/meta/color" \|	Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (PTE-UC)^[c]	772	0.22	0.28	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Falange of the JONS/meta/color" \|	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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	137,363	40.28	0.17	3	±0
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color" \|	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-PL)^[d]	117,007	34.31	3.40	3	±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	38,510	11.29	6.04	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Reformist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	24,379	7.15	New	0	±0

bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" \|	United Left (IU)^[e]	7,942	2.33	0.66	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color" \|	Nationalist Left (PSM-EN)	7,539	2.21	0.21	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity/meta/color" \|	Communists’ Unity Board (MUC)	1,713	0.50	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color" \|	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,105	0.32	0.17	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Falange of the JONS/meta/color" \|	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,062	0.31	0.31	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)/meta/color" \|	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
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	144,232	40.45	11.07	3	1
bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color" \|	People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party (AP-PDP)	134,444	37.71	28.54	3	3
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	37,148	10.42	38.50	0	4
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	18,722	5.25	New	0	±0

bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party of Majorca-Nationalists of the Islands (PSM)	8,633	2.42	0.92	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain/meta/color" \|	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	5,962	1.67	3.24	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)/meta/color" \|	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,716	0.48	New	0	±0
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE)	1,178	0.33	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:New Force (Spain)/meta/color" \|	New Force (FN)	879	0.25	0.80	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color" \|	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	518	0.15	New	0	±0
	Spanish Solidarity (SE)	509	0.14	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)/meta/color" \|	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
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Falange of the JONS/meta/color" \|	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

1979

1977

Notes

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

[PSM-1] Compared to the Socialist Party of Majorca-Initiative Greens-Equo results in the 2011 election.

[AP-PDP-PL-2] Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1986 election.

[MUC-3] Compared to the Communists’ Unity Board results in the 1986 election.

[AP-PDP-4] Compared to the People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party results in the 1982 election.

[PCE-5] Compared to the Communist Party of Spain results in the 1982 election.

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