Balearic regional election, 1987

Balearic regional election, 1987
Balearic Islands
10 June 1987
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered 507,258 3.9%
Turnout 338,149 (66.9%)
2.2 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gabriel Cañellas Joan Francesc Triay Francesc Quetglas
Party AP–PL PSOE CDS
Leader since 1980 1986 1982
Leader's seat Majorca Majorca Majorca
Last election 21 seats, 35.6% 21 seats, 34.7% 0 seats, 2.1%
Seats won 25 21 5
Seat change 4 0 5
Popular vote 123,044 107,762 34,046
Percentage 36.7% 32.5% 10.2%
Swing 1.1 pp 2.2 pp 8.1 pp

Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Gabriel Cañellas
AP–PL

 Elected President

Gabriel Cañellas
AP–PL

The 1987 Balearic regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd 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, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The governing party People's Alliance (AP), in alliance with Liberal Party (PL), increased support compared to the previous election. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) received less votes than in 1983, but obtained the same seats due to the increase of total parliamentary seats. The third force in the 1983 election, Majorcan Union (UM), lost support in part due to the important increase of Democratic and Social Centre (CDS). Because of this, UM could not repeat their previous support to AP–PL, and instead both parties formed an alliance in the Government, thanks to the abstention of CDS in the investiture vote. This meant that Gabriel Cañellas was invested as President of the Balearic Islands for a second term. Finally, the Nationalist Left (EN), that obtained the same 4 seats presenting candidates in Majorca and Minorca, lost overall popular suport but gained votes in Minorca thanks to the alliance with United Left (EU) in this district.

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 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Opinion polls

Individual poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is 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. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. in the case of seat projections, they are displayed in bold and in a different font. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Alliance–Liberal Party (AP–PL)1 123,130 36.71 +1.13 25 +4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 108,910 32.47 –2.24 21 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 34,146 10.18 +8.05 5 +5
Majorcan Union (UM) 30,247 9.02 –6.07 4 –2
United Left (EU–IU)4 7,428 2.21 –0.12 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 5,212 1.55 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,525 1.05 +0.46
Total 335,381 100.00 59 +5
Valid votes 335,381 98.77 +0.31
Invalid votes 4,163 1.23 –0.31
Votes cast / turnout 339,544 66.94 +2.27
Abstentions 167,714 33.06 –2.27
Registered voters 507,258
Source(s): Government of the Balearic Islands, historiaelectoral.com
Popular vote
AP–PL
  
 36.71%
PSOE
  
 32.47%
CDS
  
 10.18%
UM
  
 9.02%
PSM–EN
  
 6.19%
EU–IU
  
 2.21%
PDP
  
 1.55%
Others
  
 0.61%
Blank ballots
  
 1.05%
Seats
AP–PL
  
 42.37%
PSOE
  
 35.59%
CDS
  
 8.47%
UM
  
 6.78%
PSM–EN
  
 6.78%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency AP–PL PSOE CDS UM PSM–EN
% S % S % S % S % S
Formentera 38.8 − 46.8 1 13.6 −
Ibiza 53.4 7 34.7 4 7.7 1
Majorca 34.9 13 31.8 11 10.5 3 10.9 4 5.9 2
Minorca 38.9 5 35.7 5 9.3 1 14.9 2
Total 36.7 25 32.5 21 10.2 5 9.0 4 6.2 4

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 15 July 1987
Absolute majority (30/59) required
Candidate: Gabriel Cañellas
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
Yes AP–PL (25), UM (4)
29 / 59
No PSOE (21), PSM (2), PSMen–EU (2)
25 / 59
Abstentions CDS (5)
5 / 59
Source: historiaelectoral.com
Second round: 17 July 1987
Simple majority required
Candidate: Gabriel Cañellas
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
Yes Yes AP–PL (25), UM (4)
29 / 59
No PSOE (21), PSM (2), PSMen–EU (2)
25 / 59
Abstentions CDS (5)
5 / 59
Source: historiaelectoral.com

Opinion poll sources

  1. ↑ "Alianza Popular mantiene la mayoría relativa" (PDF). El País (in Spanish). 4 June 1987.
  2. ↑ "Los sonderos auguran el cambio". ABC (in Spanish). 13 May 1987.

References

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