Menorca (Parliament of the Balearic Islands constituency) explained
Menorca (also Minorca) is one of the four constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. The constituency currently elects 13 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Menorca. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of five percent.
Until the 2003 election, the results in this district were also used to determine the composition of the Island Council of Menorca—with the same seats—during the same term as the Parliament. From the 2007 election onwards, a separate election is held. Additionally, on 3 April 1979 the first independent election for the Island Council of Menorca was held, electing 12 councillors.[2]
Electoral system
The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the four main islands in the Balearic archipelago—Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Majorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera. The exception was the 1983 election, when these numbers were 30, 12, 11 and 1, respectively.[3] [4] [5]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Balearic citizens abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish; Castilian: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[6] [7] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1995 reform, the threshold was set at three percent—being applied in each constituency.[3] [4] [5] The use of the D'Hondt method may result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[8]
The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[5] [9] [10]
Deputies
Elections
2023 regional election
Summary of the 28 May 2023 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 15,080 | 38.71 | +12.01 | 5 | +1 |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 10,413 | 26.73 | –1.13 | 4 | ±0 |
| More for Menorca (MxMe) | 6,486 | 16.65 | +1.22 | 2 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 2,790 | 7.16 | +4.15 | 1 | +1 |
| United We Can (EUIB–Podemos) | 2,631 | 6.75 | –4.57 | 1 | –1 |
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| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) | 545 | 1.40 | –8.36 | 0 | –1 |
| Spanish Liberal Project (PLIE) | 158 | 0.41 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 857 | 2.20 | +0.81 | |
|
| Total | 38,960 | | 13 | ±0 |
|
| Valid votes | 38,960 | 98.37 | –0.82 | |
| Invalid votes | 644 | 1.63 | +0.82 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 39,604 | 53.10 | –3.12 |
| Abstentions | 34,981 | 46.90 | +3.12 |
| Registered voters | 74,585 | |
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| Sources[11] | |
2019 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 2019 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 10,940 | 27.86 | +5.36 | 4 | +1 |
| People's Party (PP) | 10,484 | 26.70 | –4.03 | 4 | –1 |
| More for Menorca (MxMe) | 6,058 | 15.43 | –2.07 | 2 | –1 |
| United We Can (Podemos–EUIB)1 | 4,445 | 11.32 | –6.35 | 2 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)2 | 3,832 | 9.76 | +4.61 | 1 | +1 |
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| Vox–Citizen Alternative for Tolerance, Unity and Action (Vox–ACTUA Baleares) | 1,181 | 3.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi) | 1,029 | 2.62 | –0.63 | 0 | ±0 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 504 | 1.28 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Act (PACT) | 151 | 0.38 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Liberal Project (PLIE) | 99 | 0.25 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 545 | 1.39 | –1.23 | |
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| Total | 39,268 | | 13 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 39,268 | 99.19 | +0.79 | |
| Invalid votes | 322 | 0.81 | –0.79 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 39,590 | 56.22 | –0.60 |
| Abstentions | 30,828 | 43.78 | +0.60 |
| Registered voters | 70,418 | |
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| Sources[12] [13] [14] |
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2015 regional election
Summary of the 24 May 2015 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 11,557 | 30.73 | –15.37 | 5 | –3 |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 8,461 | 22.50 | –4.60 | 3 | –1 |
| More for Menorca (MpM)1 | 6,582 | 17.50 | +5.98 | 3 | +2 |
| We Can (Podemos/Podem) | 5,208 | 13.85 | New | 2 | +2 |
| Citizens of Menorca–Ciutadella de Menorca People's Union (CMe–UPCM) | 1,938 | 5.15 | +3.81 | 0 | ±0 |
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| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU) | 1,437 | 3.82 | –0.31 | 0 | ±0 |
| El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)2 | 1,224 | 3.25 | +0.70 | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts Menorca (Recortes Cero) | 207 | 0.55 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 985 | 2.62 | –0.74 | |
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| Total | 37,599 | | 13 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 37,599 | 98.40 | +0.09 | |
| Invalid votes | 610 | 1.60 | –0.09 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 38,209 | 56.82 | –2.16 |
| Abstentions | 29,037 | 43.18 | +2.16 |
| Registered voters | 67,246 | |
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| Sources[15] [16] |
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2011 regional election
Summary of the 22 May 2011 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 17,479 | 46.10 | +3.08 | 8 | +2 |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 10,276 | 27.10 | –11.32 | 4 | –2 |
| Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) | 3,723 | 9.82 | +0.86 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU) | 1,567 | 4.13 | –0.57 | 0 | ±0 |
| Menorcan Union (UMe)1 | 968 | 2.55 | +0.68 | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 857 | 2.26 | +1.50 | 0 | ±0 |
| The Greens of Menorca (EV–Me) | 645 | 1.70 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Ciutadella de Menorca People's Union (UPCM) | 509 | 1.34 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 406 | 1.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 127 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 64 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 1,296 | 3.36 | +1.10 | |
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| Total | 37,917 | | 13 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 37,917 | 98.31 | +1.00 | |
| Invalid votes | 651 | 1.69 | –1.00 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 38,568 | 58.98 | +0.27 |
| Abstentions | 26,829 | 41.02 | –0.27 |
| Registered voters | 65,397 | |
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| Sources[17] [18] |
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2007 regional election
Summary of the 27 May 2007 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 15,801 | 43.02 | +3.94 | 6 | ±0 |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 14,113 | 38.42 | +1.08 | 6 | ±0 |
| PSM–Nationalist Agreement–The Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me)1 | 3,292 | 8.96 | –2.11 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU) | 1,728 | 4.70 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) | 686 | 1.87 | –1.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 279 | 0.76 | –0.38 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 830 | 2.26 | +0.69 | |
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| Total | 36,729 | | 13 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 36,729 | 99.31 | +0.08 | |
| Invalid votes | 254 | 0.69 | –0.08 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 36,983 | 58.71 | –1.91 |
| Abstentions | 26,009 | 41.29 | +1.91 |
| Registered voters | 62,992 | |
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| Sources[19] |
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2003 regional election
Summary of the 25 May 2003 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in Menorca| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 14,253 | 39.08 | –1.25 | 6 | ±0 |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 13,616 | 37.34 | –0.56 | 6 | +1 |
| Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) | 2,956 | 8.11 | –1.72 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU) | 1,747 | 4.79 | –2.46 | 0 | –1 |
| Union of Centrists of Menorca (UCM) | 1,129 | 3.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| The Greens of Menorca (EV–Me) | 1,081 | 2.96 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Menorcan Party (PMQ) | 566 | 1.55 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 416 | 1.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Balearic People's Union (UPB) | 130 | 0.36 | –1.39 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 574 | 1.57 | –1.36 | |
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| Total | 36,468 | | 13 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 36,468 | 99.23 | +0.18 | |
| Invalid votes | 283 | 0.77 | –0.18 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 36,751 | 60.62 | +0.41 |
| Abstentions | 23,873 | 39.38 | –0.41 |
| Registered voters | 60,624 | |
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| Sources[20] [21] | |
1999 regional election
1995 regional election
1991 regional election
1987 regional election
1983 regional election
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- Ley Orgánica 1/2007, de 28 de febrero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de las Illes Balears] ]. Organic Law . 1 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 28 February 2007 . 13 September 2017.
- Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares . Law . 8 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 26 November 1986 . 2 February 2020.
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- News: Araque Conde . Pilar . 8 June 2022 . El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero . es . Público . Madrid . 31 July 2022.
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- Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales . Royal Decree-Law . 20 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 18 March 1977 . 14 December 2019.
- Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General . Organic Law . 5 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 19 June 1985 . 30 January 2020.
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