1995 Balearic regional election

1995 Balearic regional election
28 May 1995
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered594,666 Increase 5.0%
Turnout377,943 (63.6%)
Increase 3.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gabriel Cañellas Joan Francesc Triay Pere Sampol
Party PP PSIB–PSOE PSM–ENE
Leader since 1980 1986 1991
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca
Last election 31 seats, 47.1%[a] 21 seats, 30.1% 5 seats, 8.4%[b]
Seats won 30 16 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 168,156 90,008 45,854
Percentage 44.8% 24.0% 12.2%
Swing Decrease 2.3 pp Decrease 6.1 pp Increase 3.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eberhard Grosske Maria Antònia Munar Miquel Àngel Lladó
Party IU UM EVIB
Leader since 1991 1 July 1991 February 1995
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca (lost)
Last election 0 seats, 2.3% 1 seat, 2.5%[c] 0 seats, 2.1%
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 24,820 19,966 11,663
Percentage 6.6% 5.3% 3.1%
Swing Increase 4.3 pp Increase 2.8 pp Increase 1.0 pp
  Seventh party
 
Leader Joan Masdeu
Party AIPF
Leader since 1995
Leader's seat Formentera
Last election 0 seats, 0.4%[d]
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 1,195
Percentage 0.3%
Swing Decrease 0.1 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Gabriel Cañellas
PP

 President after election

Gabriel Cañellas
PP

A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Overview

Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB).[3] The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 28 May 1995.

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a 60-day period from the Parliament's reconvening. In such a case, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.[4]

The election to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOIB, setting election day for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 21 June.[5]

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[6]

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands had 59 seats. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[7]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[8]

Seats Constituencies
33 Mallorca
13 Menorca
12 Ibiza
1 Formentera

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[9]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.[10]

Parliamentary composition in April 1995
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group PP 29 29
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSIB–PSOE 20 20
PSM–EEM Parliamentary Group PSM 3 5
PSMe 2
Mixed Parliamentary Group UM 3 5
FIEF 1
INDEP 1[e]

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.

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:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 168,15644.77−2.35 30−1
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 90,00823.97−6.12 16−5
Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 45,85412.21+3.79 6+1
Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Mallorca (PSM–NM) 41,24210.98+4.34 5+2
Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalists of the Islands (PSM–NI)2 4,0131.07−0.30 1−1
Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) 5990.16−0.25 0±0
United Left (IU) 24,8206.61+4.33 3+3
Majorcan Union (UM)3 19,9665.32+2.83 2+1
The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) 11,6633.11+0.99 1+1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,0820.55New 0±0
Balearic Convergence (CB) 1,6000.43−1.20 0±0
Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,4250.38New 0±0
Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) 1,3590.36−0.37 0−1
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)4 1,1950.32−0.08 1+1
Independents of Menorca (INME) 9870.26New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 4390.12−0.06 0±0
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 3780.10New 0±0
Neighborhood Movement–New Socialist Party (MV–NPS)5 3210.09−0.09 0±0
Balearic Radical Party (PRB) 2190.06−0.10 0±0
Blank ballots 5,1001.36+0.49
Total 375,572 59±0
Valid votes 375,57299.37−0.01
Invalid votes 2,3710.63+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 377,94363.56+3.29
Abstentions 216,72336.44−3.29
Registered voters 594,666
Sources[10][12][13]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 44.77%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 23.97%
PSM–ENE
 
 12.21%
IU
 
 6.61%
UM
 
 5.32%
EVIB
 
 3.11%
AIPF
 
 0.32%
Others
 
 2.35%
Blank ballots
 
 1.36%
Seats
PP
 
 50.85%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 27.12%
PSM–ENE
 
 10.17%
IU
 
 5.08%
UM
 
 3.39%
EVIB
 
 1.69%
AIPF
 
 1.69%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PP PSIB PSM–ENE IU UM EVIB AIPF
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
Formentera 44.1 − 4.5 − 49.4 1
Ibiza 50.6 7 28.1 4 1.9 − 6.0 − 6.9 1
Mallorca 44.6 16 22.8 8 13.4 5 6.5 2 6.5 2 3.1 −
Menorca 44.2 7 29.4 4 11.9 1 8.6 1
Total 44.8 30 24.0 16 12.2 6 6.6 3 5.3 2 3.1 1 0.3 1
Sources[10][12][13]

Aftermath

Government formation

Investiture
Nomination of Gabriel Cañellas (PP)
Ballot → 29 June 1995
Required majority → 30 out of 59 check
Yes
31 / 59
No
28 / 59
Abstentions
0 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[10]

July 1995 investiture

Investiture
Nomination of Cristòfol Soler (PP)
Ballot → 28 July 1995
Required majority → 30 out of 59 check
Yes
31 / 59
No
26 / 59
Abstentions
  • • UM (2)
2 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[10]

1996 investiture

Investiture
Nomination of Jaume Matas (PP)
Ballot → 12 June 1996 14 June 1996
Required majority → 30 out of 59 X mark Simple check
Yes
  • • PP (29) (28 on 12 Jun)
  • • AIPF (1)
29 / 59
30 / 59
No
28 / 59
28 / 59
Abstentions
  • • PP (2) (1 on 14 Jun)
2 / 59
1 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
0 / 59
Sources[10][14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Results for PP–UM in the 1991 election, not including Formentera.
  2. ↑ Results for PSM–NM (6.6%, 3 seats), PSM–EU (1.4%, 2 seats) and ENE (0.4%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election.
  3. ↑ Results for UIM–IM in the 1991 election.
  4. ↑ Results for PP in Formentera in the 1991 election.
  5. ↑ Jaume Peralta, former PSIB–PSOE legislator.[11]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Within PSM.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Within PP.
  8. ↑ Result for PSM–EU.

References

Opinion poll sources

  1. ↑ "El PP se impuso en diez comunidades". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 29 May 1995.
  2. ↑ "El PP será la fuerza más votada en 12 comunidades". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  3. ↑ "Cañellas, de nuevo con mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  4. ↑ "Mañana, previsiones para las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  5. ↑ "El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
  6. ↑ "Preelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Baleares (Estudio 2162. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2162. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.

Other

  1. ↑ Statute (1983), arts. 19 & 26–28.
  2. ↑ LEIB (1986), final prov. 1.
  3. ↑ Statute (1983), art. 20; LEIB (1986), art. 11 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 42).
  4. ↑ Statute (1983), arts. 19 & 31; LRJAIB (1984), art. 6.
  5. ↑ Decree 31/1995 (1995), art. 1.
  6. ↑ Statute (1983), arts. 20–22; LEIB (1986), art. 2 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3).
  7. ↑ Statute (1983), art. 20; LEIB (1986), art. 12.
  8. ↑ LEIB (1986), art. 12; Decree 31/1995 (1995), art. 1.
  9. ↑ LEIB (1986), art. 13 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 46 & 48).
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears i Consells Insulars (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Manresa, Andreu (20 April 1994). "El PP mantiene la mayoría en el Gobierno balear gracias a un tránsfuga del PSOE". El País (in Spanish). Palma de Mallorca. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Resultats electorals a les Illes Balears (1983-2003)" (PDF) (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Proclamació oficial de candidats electes a diputats al Parlament de les Illes Balears" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (in Catalan) (74): 5987–5988. 10 June 1995. ISSN 2254-1233. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Manresa, Andreu (15 June 1996). "Matas, elegido presidente de Baleares por mayoría absoluta, sin el voto de Marí". El País (in Spanish). Palma de Mallorca. Retrieved 27 July 2026.

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