Balearic regional election, 2003

25 May 2003

All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority

Registered

682,857

6.8%

Turnout

429,135 (62.8%)

5.3 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jaume Matas	Francesc Antich	Pere Sampol
Party	PP	PSIB–PSOE	PSM–EN
Leader since	17 June 1996	9 November 1998	1991
Leader's seat	Majorca	Majorca	Majorca
Last election	28 seats, 44.3%	20 seats, 26.9%	5 seats, 11.7%
Seats won	30	20	4
Seat change	2	0	1
Popular vote	192,209	121,425	33,920
Percentage	45.1%	28.5%	8.0%
Swing	0.8 pp	1.6 pp	3.7 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands

President before election

Francesc Antich
PSIB–PSOE

Elected President

Jaume Matas
PP

The 2003 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th 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 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Balearic Parliament was set to a fixed-number of 59. All Parliament members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, each corresponding to one of the three largest islands in the archipelago: Majorca was entitled 33 seats; Minorca with 13 and Ibiza with 12, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Additionally, Formentera elected one member using plurality voting.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−

People's Party (PP)¹		192,209	45.08	+0.75	30	+2
	People's Party (PP)	190,562	44.70	+0.69	29	+1
	Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)	1,647	0.38	+0.06	1	+1

Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)²		121,425	28.48	+1.61	20	±0
	Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)	104,614	24.54	+2.52	15	+2
	Progressive Pact (Pacte)	15,513	3.64	–0.79	5	–1
	Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP)	1,298	0.30	–0.12	0	–1

PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)³		33,920	7.95	–3.77	4	–1
	Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	30,964	7.26	–3.57	3	–1
	Socialist Party of Minorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSMen–EN)	2,956	0.69	–0.20	1	±0

Majorcan Union (UM)⁴		32,910	7.71	+0.40	3	±0
	Majorcan Union (UM)	31,781	7.45	+0.14	3	±0
	Union of Centrists of Minorca (UCM)	1,129	0.26	New	0	±0

United Left–The Greens (EU–EV)⁵		20,797	4.88	–0.55	2	–1
	United Left of Majorca–The Greens of Majorca (EU–EV)	19,050	4.47	–0.30	2	±0
	Left of Minorca–United Left (EM–EU)	1,747	0.41	–0.25	0	–1

	Independent Social Group (ASI)	6,707	1.57	+0.92	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		11,279	2.65	—	±0
	Key of Majorca (Clau)	3,030	0.71	New	±0
	The Greens (EV)	2,411	0.57	New	±0
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1,667	0.39	+0.09	±0
	Balearic Islands Renewal Party (PRIB)	1,162	0.27	New	±0
	Civic Union (UC)	751	0.18	–0.08	±0
	Minorcan Party (PMQ)	566	0.13	New	±0
	Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD)	438	0.10	–0.03	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CB)	416	0.10	New	±0
	European Green Group (GVE)	373	0.09	New	±0
	Renewal Party of Ibiza and Formentera (PREF)	335	0.08	New	±0
	Balearic People's Union (UPB)	130	0.03	–0.58	±0

Blank ballots

7,093

1.66

–0.20

Total

426,340

100.00

±0

Valid votes

426,340

99.35

+0.13

Invalid votes

2,795

0.65

–0.13

Votes cast / turnout

429,135

62.84

+5.34

Abstentions

253,722

37.16

–5.34

Registered voters

682,857

Source(s): Parliament of the Balearic Islands, historiaelectoral.com

Notes:

¹ Aggregated data for People's Party and Independent Popular Council of Formentera. While nominally different alliances, they did not compete against each other in the same geographical regions.
² Aggregated data for Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands, Progressive Pact and Coalition of Progressive Organizations. While nominally different alliances, they did not compete against each other in the same geographical regions.
³ Aggregated data for Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement and Socialist Party of Minorca–Nationalist Agreement. While nominally different alliances, they did not compete against each other in the same geographical regions.
⁴ Aggregated data for Majorcan Union and Union of Centrists of Minorca. While nominally different alliances, they did not compete against each other in the same geographical regions.
⁵ Aggregated data for United Left of Majorca–The Greens of Majorca and Left of Minorca–United Left. While nominally different alliances, they did not compete against each other in the same geographical regions.

Popular vote

PP			45.08%
PSIB–PSOE			28.48%
PSM–EN			7.95%
UM			7.71%
EU–EV			4.88%
ASI			1.57%
Others			2.65%
Blank ballots			1.66%

Seats

PP			50.85%
PSIB–PSOE			33.90%
PSM–EN			6.78%
UM			5.08%
EU–EV			3.39%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PP		PSIB		PSM–EN		UM		EU–EV		AIPF

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Formentera											53.4	1
Ibiza	50.4	7	37.8	5
Majorca	45.0	16	26.3	9	9.0	3	9.2	3	5.5	2
Minorca	39.1	6	37.3	6	8.1	1	3.1	−	4.8	−
Total	44.7	29	28.2	20	8.0	4	7.7	3	4.9	2	0.4	1

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 26 June 2003
Absolute majority (30/59) required
Candidate: Jaume Matas
Choice		Vote
Choice		Parties	Votes
	Y Yes	PP (29), UM (3), AIPF (1)	33 / 59
	No	PSIB–PSOE (18), PSM–EN (2), EU (2), EV (1), PSMen–EN (1), Independents (1)	25 / 59
	Abstentions		0 / 59
Absences: PSM–EN (1)
Source: historiaelectoral.com

References

↑ "Law 8/1986, of 26 November, electoral of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands" (PDF).

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