1991 Balearic regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Balearic Islands 1991 Balearic regional election Balearic Islands parliamentary no 1987 Balearic regional election 1987 1995 Balearic regional election 1995 All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 30 #Opinion polls 566,243 10px 11.6% 341,294 (60.3%)10px 6.6 pp 26 May 1991 170x170px Gabriel Cañellas PP–UM 1980 Mallorca 29 seats, 47.3%Results for AP–PL (36.7%, 25 seats), UM (9.0%, 4 seats) and PDP (1.6%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election. 31 10px 2 160,512 47.3% 10px 0.0 pp 170x170px Francesc Obrador PSIB–PSOE 1991 Mallorca 21 seats, 32.5% 21 10px 0 102,060 30.1% 10px 2.4 pp 170x170px Mateu Morro PSM–NM 1988 Mallorca 2 seats, 4.9% 3 10px 1 22,522 6.6% 10px 1.7 pp 170x170px Joan López Casasnovas Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca 1983 Menorca 2 seats, 1.3% 2 10px 0 4,654 1.4% 10px 0.1 pp 170x170px Miquel Pascual UIM–IM 292C73 1991 Mallorca Did not contest 1 10px 1 8,429 2.5% New party 170x170px Cosme Vidal Juan FIEF 2A52BE 1991 Ibiza Did not contest 1 10px 1 2,468 0.7% New party BalearicIslandsDistrictMapParliament1991.png 350px Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands President President after election Gabriel Cañellas PP–UM Gabriel Cañellas PP–UM A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 26 May 1991 to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Overview Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1983 arts. 19 & 26–28. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEIB 1986 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued between 54 and 60 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB).Statute 1983 art. 20; LEIB 1986 art. 11 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 1991. The Parliament of the Balearic Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a 60-day period from the Parliament's reconvening. In such a case, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1983 arts. 19 & 31; LRJAIB 1984 art. 6. The election to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was officially called on 2 April 1991 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOIB, setting election day for 26 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 19 June.Decree 26/1991 1991 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1983 arts. 20–22; LEIB 1986 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Parliament of the Balearic Islands had 59 seats. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.Statute 1983 art. 20; LEIB 1986 art. 12. The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College Dublin Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php 22 July 2017 30 July 2017 As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:LEIB 1986 art. 12; Decree 26/1991 1991 art. 1. Seats Constituencies 33 Mallorca 13 Menorca 12 Ibiza 1 Formentera The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LEIB 1986 art. 13 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/abalears.html Eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears i Consells Insulars (desde 1979) ca Historia Electoral.com 31 October 2025 + Parliamentary composition in April 1991 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group PP 25 25 Socialist Parliamentary Group PSIB–PSOE 20 20 CDS Parliamentary Group CDS 4 4 Nationalist and Left Parliamentary Group PSM 2 5 PSMe 2 INDEP 1Paula Guillem, former PSIB–PSOE legislator. Majorcan Union Parliamentary Group UM 3 3 Mixed Parliamentary Group INDEP 2Carles Ricci, former CDS legislator;Martín del Barrio Javier 4 March 1990 Un grupo de uno https://elpais.com/diario/1990/03/04/espana/636505201_850215.html es El País 26 July 2026 Manuel Pérez Ramos, former UM legislator. 2 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands|PSOE 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS UM PSM 25px|link=United Left of the Balearic Islands|EU–IU 27px|link=People's Democratic Party (Spain)|PDP EEM 35px|link=People's Party of the Balearic Islands|PP ARM 35px|UIM FIEF Lead 1991 regional election 26 May 1991 60.3 "PP" Within PP. 30.175% Verdana 21 2.975% Verdana 0 "PP" 6.675% Verdana 3 2.375% Verdana 0 "PP" 1.475% Verdana 2 47.375% Verdana 31 – 2.575% Verdana 1 0.775% Verdana 1 17.2 Sigma Dos/El MundoSeis comunidades dependen de pactos http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1991/05/20/034.html es ABC 20 May 1991Las elecciones de 26-5-91 http://www.cepc.gob.es/publicaciones/revistas/revistaselectronicas?IDR=15&IDN=1239&IDA=35412 es CEPC August 1991 18 May 1991?? "PP" 31.575% Verdana 19/22 5.375% Verdana 1/2 "PP" 6.375% Verdana 4 4.075% Verdana 0/1 "PP" – 46.775% Verdana 31/33 – – – 15.2 Metra Seis/El Independiente 12 May 1991?? "PP" 30.475% Verdana 22 7.375% Verdana 3 "PP" 10.475% Verdana 4 2.775% Verdana 1 "PP" 1.175% Verdana 1/2 40.875% Verdana 27/28 – – – 10.4 Demoscopia/El PaísLa coalición de PP y UM se hace con la mayoría https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604011_850215.html es El País 19 May 1991 Manresa Andreu Ficha técnica https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604006_850215.html es El País 19 May 1991 4–7 May 1991 400? "PP" 31.375% Verdana 22 4.775% Verdana 3 "PP" 8.175% Verdana 3 5.675% Verdana 1 "PP" – 45.275% Verdana 30 – – – 13.9 1989 general election 29 Oct 1989 63.5 "PP" 34.5 9.2 – 2.3 5.1 "PP" – 40.7 2.5 – – 6.2 1989 EP election 15 Jun 1989 44.7 "PP" 35.6 8.2 – 4.2 3.5 "PP" – 32.9 5.7 – – 2.7 1987 regional election 10 Jun 1987 66.9 36.775% Verdana 25 32.575% Verdana 21 10.275% Verdana 5 9.075% Verdana 4 4.975% Verdana 2 2.275% Verdana 0 1.675% Verdana 0 1.375% Verdana 2 – – – – 4.2 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party–Majorcan Union (PP–UM) 160,512 47.32 +0.04 31 +2 People's Party–Majorcan Union (PP–UM)1 130,275 38.41 −0.93 18 +1 People's Party (PP)2 30,237 8.91 +0.96 13 +1 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 102,060 30.09 −2.38 21 ±0 Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Majorca (PSM–NM) 22,522 6.64 +1.76 3 +1 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 9,938 2.93 −7.25 0 −5 Independent Union of Majorca–Independents of Majorca (UIM–IM) 8,429 2.49 New 1 +1 United Left (EU–IU) 7,741 2.28 +0.07 0 ±0 The Greens (EV) 7,205 2.12 New 0 ±0 Balearic Convergence (CB) 5,513 1.63 New 0 ±0 Agreement of the Left of Menorca (PSM–EU) 4,654 1.37 +0.07 2 ±0 Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) 2,468 0.73 New 1 +1 Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) 1,392 0.41 New 0 ±0 Independents of Formentera Group (GUIF) 692 0.20 New 0 ±0 Progressive Union of Menorca (UPdeM) 624 0.18 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 600 0.18 New 0 ±0 Alliance for the Republic (AxR) 596 0.18 New 0 ±0 Balearic Radical Party (PRB) 549 0.16 New 0 ±0 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 Sourceshttps://web.parlamentib.es/RecursosWeb/DOCS/RESULTATS%20ELECTORALS%20TOTES%20LES%20CONVOCATORIES.pdf Resultats electorals a les Illes Balears (1983-2003) ca Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands 24 July 20262 July 1991 Proclamació oficial de candidats electes a Diputats al Parlament de les Illes https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/BALEARES_1991_Resultados.pdf ca Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands 84 2254-1233 4955–4956 26 July 2026 left Footnotes: 1 People's Party–Majorcan Union results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance–Liberal Party in Majorca, Majorcan Union and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance–Liberal Party results in Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera in the 1987 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP–UM People's Party of the Balearic Islands 47.32 PSIB–PSOE Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands 30.09 PSM–NM Socialist Party of Mallorca 6.64 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 2.93 UIM–IM Independent Union of Majorca 2.49 EU–IU United Left of the Balearic Islands 2.28 EV Confederation of the Greens 2.12 CB Balearic Convergence 1.63 PSM–EU Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca 1.37 FIEF Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation 0.73 Others #777777 1.39 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.87 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP–UM People's Party of the Balearic Islands 52.54 PSIB–PSOE Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands 35.59 PSM–NM Socialist Party of Mallorca 5.08 PSM–EU Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca 3.39 UIM–IM Independent Union of Majorca 1.69 FIEF Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation 1.69 Distribution by constituency Constituency PP–UM PSIB PSM–NM UIM–IM PSM–EU FIEF % S % S % S % S % S % S Formentera 28.6 − 40.4 1 Ibiza 49.5 7 31.8 4 8.3 1 Mallorca 47.5 18 29.4 11 8.2 3 3.1 1 Menorca 45.1 6 33.6 5 14.1 2 Total 47.3 31 30.1 21 6.6 3 2.5 1 1.4 2 0.7 1 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Gabriel Cañellas (PP) Ballot → 27 June 1991 Required majority → 30 out of 59 15 Yes • PP–UM (31) 31 59 green 125px No • PSIB (21) • PSM–EEM (5) 26 59 red 125px Abstentions • UIM–IM (1) • FIEF (1) 2 59 gray 125px Absentees 0 59 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 2/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía para las islas Baleares Organic Law 2/1983 1 March 1983 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-6316 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-6316 12 April 2026 Statute 1983 y Ley 5/1984, de 24 de octubre, de Régimen Jurídico de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares Law 5/1984 24 October 1984 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-3470 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-3470 26 July 2026 LRJAIB 1984 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 14 March 1991 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19910314 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares Law 8/1986 26 November 1986 version as of 20 December 1986 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-2903 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-2903&tn=1&p=19861220 19 April 2026 LEIB 1986 y Decreto 26/1991, de 1 de abril, de convocatoria de las elecciones al Parlamento de las Islas Baleares Decree 26/1991 1 April 1991 Official State Gazettes es https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1991/04/02/pdfs/A09883-09883.pdf 24 July 2026 Decree 26/1991 1991 Regional election Balearic Islands Category:Regional elections in the Balearic Islands Balearic Islands