| Election Name: | 2007 Balearic regional election |
| Country: | Balearic Islands |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Balearic regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Balearic regional election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Opinion Polls: |
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| Registered: | 699,947 |
| Turnout: | 420,941 (60.1%) 2.7 pp |
| Election Date: | 27 May 2007 |
| Leader1: | Jaume Matas |
| Party1: | People's Party of the Balearic Islands |
| Leader Since1: | 17 June 1996 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Mallorca |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats, 44.7% |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 192,577 |
| Percentage1: | 46.0% |
| Swing1: | 1.3 pp |
| Leader2: | Francesc Antich |
| Party2: | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands |
| Leader Since2: | 9 November 1998 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Mallorca |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 24.5% |
| Seats2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 115,477 |
| Percentage2: | 27.6% |
| Swing2: | 3.1 pp |
| Leader3: | Xico Tarrés |
| Party3: | PSOE–ExC |
| Colour3: | FF6633 |
| Leader Since3: | 2007 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Ibiza |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 4.0% |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 19,094 |
| Percentage3: | 4.6% |
| Swing3: | 0.6 pp |
| Leader4: | Biel Barceló |
| Party4: | Bloc for Mallorca |
| Leader Since4: | 27 May 2006 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Mallorca |
| Last Election4: | 5 seats, 12.1% |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 37,572 |
| Percentage4: | 9.0% |
| Swing4: | 3.1 pp |
| Leader5: | Maria Antònia Munar |
| Party5: | Majorcan Union |
| Leader Since5: | 1 July 1991 |
| Leaders Seat5: | Mallorca |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 7.5% |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 28,178 |
| Percentage5: | 6.7% |
| Swing5: | 0.8 pp |
| Leader6: | Eduard Riudavets |
| Party6: | PSM–EN |
| Colour6: | F18E00 |
| Leader Since6: | 2003 |
| Leaders Seat6: | Menorca |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 0.7% |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 0 |
| Popular Vote6: | 3,292 |
| Percentage6: | 0.8% |
| Swing6: | 0.1 pp |
| Leader7: | Josep Mayans Serra |
| Party7: | Independent Popular Council of Formentera |
| Leader Since7: | 2003 |
| Leaders Seat7: | Formentera |
| Last Election7: | 1 seat, 0.4% |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 0 |
| Popular Vote7: | 1,795 |
| Percentage7: | 0.4% |
| Swing7: | 0.0 pp |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Jaume Matas |
| Before Party: | People's Party of the Balearic Islands |
| After Election: | Francesc Antich |
| After Party: | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands |
The 2007 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th 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 twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
On 1 March 2007, the reform of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands came into effect.[1] Among other changes, it gave more autonomy to every Island Council, with the creation of the Island Council of Formentera—formerly the Island Council of Ibiza and Formentera covered both islands—, composed by the municipal councillors elected in the Formentera municipal election. This meant that to elect the island councillors a separate election was held for the first time. Since then, the regional election in every district was used to determine the councillors. The number of seats was the same as before—33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca and 13 for Ibiza. The voters had therefore an extra blue ballot to vote for each Island Council, different from the salmon ballot existing for the regional election.
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.[2]
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. 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: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[2] [3]
After legal amendments in 2007, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands to expire after an early dissolution. 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 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election decree was required to be published in the BOIB no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 24 June 2007.[2] [3] [4]
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.[2]
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.[3] [4]
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:
| Parties and coalitions | Ideology | Candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party (PP) | Conservatism, Christian democracy | Jaume Matas | ||
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | Social democracy | Francesc Antich | ||
| Bloc–PSM–The Greens (Bloc–PSM–EV) | Democratic socialism, Left-wing nationalism | Biel Barceló | ||
| Majorcan Union (UM) | Liberalism, Balearic regionalism | Maria Antònia Munar | ||
The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. 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 | UM | PSM | Pacte/ ExC | PSMe | EM | AIPF | GxF | PIB | Bloc | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 regional election | 27 May 2007 | 60.1 | 46.0 | 27.6 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | 9.0 | 18.4 | ||||
| Ipsos/RTVE–FORTA[5] [6] | 27 May 2007 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | – | ? | ? | ||||||
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[7] [8] | 20 May 2007 | ? | ? | 46.7 | 32.1 | 4.9 | ? | ? | – | 9.9 | 14.6 | ||||||
| Opina/El País[9] [10] | 14–17 May 2007 | ? | ? | 47.5 | 34.0 | 5.5 | – | – | – | 10.5 | 13.5 | ||||||
| Celeste-Tel/Terra[11] [12] | 9–15 May 2007 | ? | ? | 43.1 | 30.1 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 4.9 | – | 4.4 | 13.0 | ||||||
| Opina/Cadena SER[13] [14] [15] | 12 May 2007 | 1,200 | ? | 44.5 | 35.0 | 3.5 | – | – | – | 14.0 | 9.5 | ||||||
| CIS[16] [17] | 9 Apr–6 May 2007 | 1,198 | ? | 42.5 | 23.7 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | 13.2 | 18.8 | |||
| Grup Marest/Prensa Ibérica[18] [19] | 20–26 Apr 2007 | 1,800 | ? | 43.5 | 25.6 | 8.4 | ? | 1.0 | – | ? | ? | – | 13.5 | 17.9 | |||
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[20] [21] [22] | 19–24 Apr 2007 | 1,050 | ? | 46.8 | 30.4 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | – | 10.9 | 16.4 | ||||||
| Grup Marest/Prensa Ibérica[23] [24] | 20–30 Mar 2007 | 1,813 | ? | 42.3 | 27.4 | 7.4 | ? | ? | – | ? | ? | – | 13.0 | 14.9 | |||
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[25] [26] [27] | 16–24 Nov 2006 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | ? | |||||
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[28] | 28 May 2006 | ? | ? | 46.1 | 28.0 | 4.4 | ? | ? | ? | – | – | 18.1 | |||||
| 2004 EP election | 13 Jun 2004 | 37.6 | 46.6 | 38.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.8 | |||
| 2004 general election | 14 Mar 2004 | 68.8 | 45.9 | 39.5 | 2.2 | – | – | – | 8.6 | – | 6.4 | ||||||
| 2003 regional election | 25 May 2003 | 62.8 | 44.7 | 24.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | – | 20.2 | ||
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
| People's Party (PP) | 192,577 | 46.02 | +1.32 | 28 | –1 | ||
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 115,477 | 27.60 | +3.06 | 16 | +1 | ||
| Bloc for Mallorca (PSM–EN, EU–EV, ERC)1 | 37,572 | 8.98 | –3.14 | 4 | –1 | ||
| Majorcan Union (UM) | 28,178 | 6.73 | –0.72 | 3 | ±0 | ||
| PSOE–Ibiza for Change (PSOE–ExC)2 | 19,094 | 4.56 | +0.61 | 6 | +1 | ||
| PSM–Nationalist Agreement–The Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me)3 | 3,292 | 0.79 | +0.10 | 1 | ±0 | ||
| Independent Social Group (ASI) | 1,921 | 0.46 | –1.11 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) | 1,795 | 0.43 | +0.05 | 1 | ±0 | ||
| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU)4 | 1,728 | 0.41 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| PSOE+People for Formentera (PSOE+GxF)5 | 1,456 | 0.35 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 1,216 | 0.29 | +0.19 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| European Green Group (GVE) | 876 | 0.21 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Balearic Party (PB) | 802 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Balearic People's Union (UPB) | 689 | 0.16 | +0.13 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) | 686 | 0.16 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Pityusic Democracy (DP) | 675 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Key of Mallorca (Clau) | 546 | 0.13 | –0.58 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Workers for Democracy Coalition (TD) | 543 | 0.13 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Islander Party of the Balearic Islands (PIIB) | 366 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Civic Union (UC) | 342 | 0.08 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank ballots | 8,613 | 2.06 | +0.40 | ||||
| Total | 418,444 | 59 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 418,444 | 99.41 | +0.06 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 2,497 | 0.59 | –0.06 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 420,941 | 60.14 | –2.70 | ||||
| Abstentions | 279,006 | 39.86 | +2.70 | ||||
| Registered voters | 699,947 | ||||||
| Sources[29] [30] [31] | |||||||
| Constituency | PP | PSIB | Bloc | UM | PSOE–ExC | PSM–EN | AIPF | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Formentera | 54.5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibiza | 47.1 | 6 | 45.8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mallorca | 46.7 | 16 | 30.1 | 10 | 11.2 | 4 | 8.4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Menorca | 43.0 | 6 | 38.4 | 6 | 9.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 46.0 | 28 | 32.2 | 22 | 9.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 3 | 4.6 | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| Investiture Francesc Antich (PSIB) | |||
| Ballot → | 4 July 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 30 out of 59 | ||
| Abstentions | |||
| Absentees | |||
| Sources | |||
