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2023 Balearic regional election

2023 Balearic regional election

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The 2023 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th 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 eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Quick Facts All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 30 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

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 regional president.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2022 abolished the "begged" or expat vote system (Spanish: Voto rogado), under which Spaniards abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote.[2] The expat vote system was attributed responsibility for a major decrease in the turnout of Spaniards abroad during the years it had been in force.[3]

The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:[1][4]

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Election date

The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 26 May 2023. The election decree was required to be published in the BOIB no later than 2 May 2023, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 25 June 2023.[1][4][5]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a sixty-day period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[1]

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands was officially dissolved on 4 April 2023 after the publication of the dissolution decree in the BOIB, setting the election date for 28 May.[6]

Parliamentary composition

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the time of dissolution.[7]

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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4][5]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

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Campaign

Election debates

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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.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 26 May 2019 to 28 May 2023, with each line corresponding to a political party.

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.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Balearic Islands.

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Results

Overall

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Distribution by constituency

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Aftermath

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Notes

  1. Antonio Jesús Sanz, representing the GxF+PSOE+EU coalition for the single-member constituency of Formentera.[8]
  2. Maxo Benalal, former CS legislator.[9]
  3. In Formentera.
  4. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  5. Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
  6. Within Més.
  7. Vote+Simpathy figures with undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "Resultados Elecciones Autonómicas de Baleares: El PP es el partido más votado según la encuesta de IB3". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 28 May 2023.
  2. "Se confirma el vuelco electoral en Baleares". El Plural (in Spanish). 13 May 2023.
  3. "ElectoPanel Autonómico (13M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 13 May 2023.
  4. "ElectoPanel Autonómico (6M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 6 May 2023.
  5. "ElectoPanel Autonómico (29A)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 29 April 2023.
  6. "ElectoPanel Autonómico (22A)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 22 April 2023.
  7. "EP Autonómico 8A – comienza el juego". Electomanía (in Spanish). 8 April 2023.
Other
  1. Ley Orgánica 1/2007, de 28 de febrero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de las Illes Balears (Organic Law 1) (in Spanish). 28 February 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. Araque Conde, Pilar (8 June 2022). "El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares (Law 8) (in Spanish). 26 November 1986. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. "The parliamentary hemicycle" (PDF). parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Parliament of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. Radioilla (14 September 2021). "Antonio Jesús Sanz, nou diputat per Formentera". radioillaformentera.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. "El diputat Maxo Benalal adquireix la condició de diputat no adscrit". www.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Parliament of the Balearic Islands. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. Adrover, Miquel (21 October 2021). "Armengol y Cladera proclamadas secretarias generales socialistas de Balears y Mallorca". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  10. Mestre, J.F. (24 July 2021). "Marga Prohens asume la presidencia del PP balear arropada por la cúpula nacional". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. Cortés, Alexander (28 September 2020). "Patricia Guasp, nueva líder de Ciudadanos en Baleares". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. "Patricia Guasp, candidata de Ciudadanos para el Govern balear". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Palma. Europa Press. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  13. "Antònia Jover, elegida candidata de Podemos a la presidencia de Baleares". Última Hora (in Spanish). Palma. Efe. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  14. "Lluís Apesteguia guanya les primàries de MÉS al Parlament amb un 56% dels vots". Ara Balears (in Catalan). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  15. Porcel, Guillem (17 January 2023). "Jorge Campos repite como candidato pero será relevado de la presidencia de Vox". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  16. "La coalición Proposta per Eivissa se disuelve tras la incorporación de Más Eivissa a El PI" (in Spanish). Ibiza: Europa Press. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  17. Ramón, Angie (26 November 2022). "Josep Melià y Antoni Salas, candidatos del PI en el Parlament y en el Consell". Última Hora (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  18. Porcel, Guillem (4 May 2022). "Josep Castells liderará la candidatura de Més per Menorca al Parlament en 2023". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  19. Vera, Lola; Tur, Joan (14 April 2023). "Gent Per Formentera y PSOE presentarán lista única al Parlament con Silvia Tur como candidata". SER (in Spanish). Ibiza. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  20. "El debate electoral de IB3 fue seguido por 16.000 espectadores". mallorcadiario.com (in Spanish). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  21. "Los candidatos al Govern participan en un debate de Ultima Hora y el CESAG". Última Hora (in Spanish). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  22. "Proclamació dels diputats i diputades electes com a conseqüència de les eleccions del 28 de maig de 2023 al Parlament de les Illes Balears". Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears (in Catalan) (78). Govern de les Illes Balears: 35026–35029. 13 June 2023. ISSN 2254-1233.
  23. Ballesteros, Esther (4 July 2023). "Prohens cae en la primera votación para presidir Balears y el PP se encomienda a la abstención de Vox este jueves". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  24. Colom, Eduardo (6 July 2023). "Margalida Prohens (PP), investida presidenta de Baleares con la abstención de Vox". El Mundo (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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