1991 Balearic regional election
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Registered | 566,243 11.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 341,294 (60.3%) 6.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd 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.
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.[1] 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 3 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]
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.[2][3][4]
Election date
The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Parliament were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 1991.[1][2][3][4]
The Parliament of the Balearic Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a sixty-day period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]
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.
Results
Overall
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||||||
width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| | People's Party–Majorcan Union (PP–UM) | 160,512 | 47.32 | +0.04 | 31 | +2 | ||||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| | People's Party–Majorcan Union (PP–UM)1 | 130,275 | 38.41 | –0.93 | 18 | +1 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:People's Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP)2 | 30,237 | 8.91 | +0.96 | 13 | +1 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 102,060 | 30.09 | –2.38 | 21 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color"| | Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalists of Majorca (PSM–NM) | 22,522 | 6.64 | +1.76 | 3 | +1 | ||||
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Menorca/meta/color"| | Socialist Party of Menorca–United Left (PSM–EU) | 12,395 | 3.65 | +0.13 | 2 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:United Left of the Balearic Islands/meta/color"| | United Left (EU–IU) | 7,741 | 2.28 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca/meta/color"| | Agreement of the Left of Menorca (PSM–EU) | 4,654 | 1.37 | +0.07 | 2 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 9,938 | 2.93 | –7.25 | 0 | –5 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Independent Union of Majorca/meta/color"| | Independent Union of Majorca–Independents of Majorca (UIM–IM) | 8,429 | 2.49 | New | 1 | +1 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| | The Greens (EV) | 7,205 | 2.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Balearic Convergence/meta/color"| | Balearic Convergence (CB) | 5,513 | 1.63 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation/meta/color"| | Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) | 2,468 | 0.73 | New | 1 | +1 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Entesa Nacionalista i Ecologista/meta/color"| | Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) | 1,392 | 0.41 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Independents of Formentera Group/meta/color"| | Independents of Formentera Group (GUIF) | 692 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Progressive Union of Menorca/meta/color"| | Progressive Union of Menorca (UPdeM) | 624 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 600 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
bgcolor="Template:Alliance for the Republic (Spain)/meta/color"| | Alliance for the Republic (AxR) | 596 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
Balearic Radical Party (PRB) | 549 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |||||
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)/meta/color| | Left Unitary Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) | 259 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||||
Blank ballots | 2,934 | 0.87 | –0.18 | |||||||
Total | 339,188 | 59 | ±0 | |||||||
Valid votes | 339,188 | 99.38 | +0.66 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 2,106 | 0.62 | –0.66 | |||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 341,294 | 60.27 | –6.67 | |||||||
Abstentions | 224,949 | 39.73 | +6.67 | |||||||
Registered voters | 566,243 | |||||||||
Sources[5][6][7] | ||||||||||
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Distribution by constituency
Aftermath
Investiture vote
Candidate: Gabriel Cañellas | |||
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Choice | Vote | ||
Parties | Votes | ||
Yes | PP–UM (31) | 31 / 59
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No | PSIB–PSOE (21), PSM–NM (3), PSM–EU (2) | 26 / 59
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Abstentions | UIM–IM (1), FIEF (1) | 2 / 59
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Source: historiaelectoral.com |
Notes
References
- Opinion poll sources
- ^ a b c "Seis comunidades dependen de pactos". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 1991.
- ^ a b c "Las elecciones de 26-5-91". CEPC (in Spanish). August 1991.
- ^ "La coalición de PP y UM se hace con la mayoría". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
- ^ "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 19 May 1991.
- Other
- ^ a b c Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 1983. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 2) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b c Balearic Islands Autonomous Community Electoral Law of 1986. Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (Law 8) (in Spanish). 26 November 1986. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands elections, 1983-2003" (PDF). web.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results, 26 May 1991" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. 2 July 1991. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands and Island Council elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 28 September 2017.