Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands explained

Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Native Name:	Partit Socialista de les Illes Balears Partido Socialista de las Islas Baleares
President:	Teresa Riera
Secretary General:	Francina Armengol
Spokesperson:	Pilar Costa
Founded:	1913 ^[1]
Headquarters:	C/ Miracle, 1 07002 Palma, Majorca, Spain
Membership Year:	2014
Membership:	2,542^[2]
Ideology:	Social democracy^[3] Federalism^[4]
Position:	Centre-left^[5]
National:	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Seats1 Title:	Congress of Deputies
Seats1:	(Balearic seats)
Seats2 Title:	Spanish Senate^[6]
Seats2:	(Balearic seats)
Seats3 Title:	Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Seats4 Title:	Island Councils
Seats5 Title:	Mayors in the Balearic Islands
Seats6 Title:	Local seats in the Balearic Islands
State:	Spain

The Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands–PSOE (Catalan; Valencian: Partit Socialista de les Illes Balears–PSOE) is the regional branch in the Balearic Islands of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.

Secretaries-general

		President	Term
1.		1982–1983
2.	Félix Pons	1983–1985
3.	Josep Moll	1985–1990
4.	Joan March	1990–1994
–		1994–1997
6.	Andreu Crespí	1997–2000
7.	Francesc Antich	2000–2011
8.	Francina Armengol	2011–

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Election	Votes	%		+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
1983	107,906	34.71%	2nd	—	Félix Pons	Opposition
1987	108,910	32.47%	2nd	0	Joan Francesc Triay	Opposition
1991	102,060	30.09%	2nd	0	Francesc Obrador	Opposition
1995	90,008	23.97%	2nd	5	Joan Francesc Triay	Opposition
1999	80,327	22.02%	2nd	0	Francesc Antich	Coalition
2003	104,614	24.54%	2nd	2	Francesc Antich	Opposition
2007	115,477	27.60%	2nd	2	Francesc Antich	Coalition
2011	102,724	24.44%	2nd	3	Francesc Antich	Opposition
2015	81,798	18.94%	2nd	3	Francina Armengol	Coalition
2019	117,480	27.37%	1st	5	Francina Armengol	Coalition
2023	119,540	26.53%	2nd	1	Francina Armengol	Opposition

Cortes Generales

Election	Balearic Islands
Cortes Generales
	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%		Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
1977	73,554	23.34%	2nd		—		—
1979	88,232	29.38%	2nd		0		0
1982	144,232	40.45%	1st		1		2
1986	137,363	40.28%	1st		0		0
1989	118,833	34.48%	2nd		0		2
1993	140,145	33.97%	2nd		0		0
1996	155,244	35.95%	2nd		0		1
2000	116,515	29.28%	2nd		1		1
2004	185,623	39.48%	2nd		2		0
2008	209,451	44.23%	1st		0		2
2011	126,512	28.87%	2nd		1		2
2015	88,635	18.31%	3rd		1		1
2016	93,363	20.09%	3rd		0		0
2019 (Apr)	136,698	26.36%	1st		1		4
2019 (Nov)	115,567	25.44%	1st		1		1
2023	151,134	30.14%	2nd		1		2

European Parliament

Election	Balearic Islands
European Parliament
Election	Votes	%
1987	114,420	34.20%	2nd
1989	84,465	35.58%	1st
1994	72,430	24.85%	2nd
1999	100,023	27.70%	2nd
2004	101,212	38.76%	2nd
2009	99,574	38.66%	2nd
2014	59,518	22.03%	2nd
2019	122,532	29.34%	1st

Notes and References

http://www.psib-psoe.org/index.php/partit/qui-som/historia Història PSIB–PSOE
http://www.canalsur.es/portada/unos-197400-militantes-elegiran-al-lider-del-psoe-45600-en-andalucia/404461.html Unos 197.400 militantes elegirán al líder del PSOE, 45.600 en Andalucía.
Web site: Nordsieck. Wolfram. Balearic Islands/Spain. 2003. unfit. https://web.archive.org/web/20050209075139/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/balearic.html. 9 February 2005.
Web site: El PSIB aboga por el federalismo tras una reforma constitucional . 5 April 2019 .
Web site: Los de centro, ¿quiénes son? . 20 February 2006 .
http://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/senadoresenactivo/consultaprocedenciageografica/detallecomunidad/index.html?id1=15 Senadores por Illes Balears