1991 Balearic regional election

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).^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:^[8]

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.^[9]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.^[10]

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.

More information Polling firm/Commissioner, Fieldwork date ...

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout				UM	PSM			EEM		ARM		FIEF	Lead
1991 regional election	26 May 1991	—N/a	60.3	[d]	30.1 21	2.9 0	[d]	6.6 3	2.3 0	[d]	1.4 2	47.3 31	–	2.5 1	0.7 1	17.2
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 1][p 2]	18 May 1991	?	?	[d]	31.5 19/22	5.3 1/2	[d]	6.3 4	4.0 0/1	[d]	–	46.7 31/33	–	–	–	15.2
Metra Seis/El Independiente[p 1][p 2]	12 May 1991	?	?	[d]	30.4 22	7.3 3	[d]	10.4 4	2.7 1	[d]	1.1 1/2	40.8 27/28	–	–	–	10.4
Demoscopia/El País[p 1][p 2][p 3][p 4]	4–7 May 1991	400	?	[d]	31.3 22	4.7 3	[d]	8.1 3	5.6 1	[d]	–	45.2 30	–	–	–	13.9
1989 general election	29 Oct 1989	—N/a	63.5	[d]	34.5	9.2	–	2.3	5.1	[d]	–	40.7	2.5	–	–	6.2
1989 EP election	15 Jun 1989	—N/a	44.7	[d]	35.6	8.2	–	4.2	3.5	[d]	–	32.9	5.7	–	–	2.7
1987 regional election	10 Jun 1987	—N/a	66.9	36.7 25	32.5 21	10.2 5	9.0 4	4.9 2	2.2 0	1.6 0	1.3 2	–	–	–	–	4.2

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Overall

More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →

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
Sources[10][12][13]
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.

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Distribution by constituency

Government formation

More information Ballot →, 27 June 1991 ...

Investiture Nomination of Gabriel Cañellas (PP)
Ballot →		27 June 1991
Required majority →		30 out of 59 Y
	Yes • PP–UM (31)	31 / 59
	No • PSIB (21) • PSM–EEM (5)	26 / 59
	Abstentions • UIM–IM (1) • FIEF (1)	2 / 59
	Absentees	0 / 59
Sources[10]

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