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The next Balearic regional election will be held no later than Sunday, 27 June 2027, to elect the 12th Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament will be up for election. If customary practice is maintained, the election will be held on Sunday, 23 May 2027, simultaneously with regional elections in at least seven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Overview
[edit]Electoral system
[edit]The Parliament of the Balearic Islands is 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 is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises 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 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—being applied in each constituency. Seats are allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:[1][2]
| Seats | Constituencies |
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| 33 | Mallorca |
| 13 | Menorca |
| 12 | Ibiza |
| 1 | Formentera |
Election date
[edit]The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expires four years after the date of its previous election, unless it is dissolved earlier. The election decree shall 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 28 May 2023, which means that the legislature's term will expire on 28 May 2027. The election decree shall be published in the BOIB no later than 4 May 2027, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 June 2027.[1][2][3]
The president has the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence is in process and that dissolution does not occur before one year has 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 is to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[1]
Parliamentary composition
[edit]The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the present time.[4]
| Groups | Parties | Legislators | |||
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| Seats | Total | ||||
| People's Parliamentary Group | PP | 25 | 25 | ||
| Socialist Parliamentary Group | PSIB–PSOE | 18 | 18 | ||
| Vox Balearics Parliamentary Group | Vox | 7 | 7 | ||
| More for Mallorca Parliamentary Group | PSM–Entesa | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mixed Parliamentary Group | MxMe | 2 | 4 | ||
| Podemos | 1 | ||||
| Sa Unió | 1 | ||||
| Non-Inscrits | INDEP | 1[a] | 1 | ||
Parties and candidates
[edit]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, 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, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][3]
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which will likely the election:
Opinion polls
[edit]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.
Voting intention estimates
[edit]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 are required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.
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Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | 
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SALF | Lead |
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| 2024 EP election | 9 Jun 2024 | — | 37.7 | 35.8 (26) |
28.9 (21) |
11.2 (6) |
5.2 (3) |
– | 1.0 (0) |
[c] | 0.6 (0) |
– | – | 4.4 (0) |
5.3 (3) |
6.9 |
| IBES/Última Hora[p 1] | 13–17 May 2024 | 1,300 | ? | 38.8 28 |
23.9 16 |
13.1 6 |
10.9 5 |
4.7 0 |
1.8 0 |
2.0 3 |
0.3 0 |
0.3 0 |
0.4 1 |
– | – | 14.9 |
| 2023 general election | 23 Jul 2023 | — | 61.3 | 35.6 (23) |
30.2 (18) |
15.2 (7) |
[d] | [d] | – | [d] | – | – | – | 16.6 (11) |
– | 5.4 |
| 2023 regional election | 28 May 2023 | — | 55.1 | 35.8 25 |
26.5 18 |
13.9 8 |
8.4 4 |
4.4 1 |
3.8 0 |
1.4 2 |
1.4 0 |
0.4 1 |
0.4 0 |
– | – | 9.3 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Opinion poll sources
- ^ "El PP crece a costa de Vox y la izquierda sigue sin sumar". Última Hora (in Spanish). 26 May 2024.
- Other
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Law 8) (in Spanish). 26 November 1986. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "L'hemicicle parlamentari" (PDF). Parliament of the Balearic Islands (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Perpinyà, Joan Miquel (26 October 2023). "Primera baja en Vox: el diputado Cardona abandona el grupo parlamentario". Mallorca Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Armengol renuncia como diputada en el Parlament" (in Spanish). Palma: Europa Press. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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