Balearic regional election, 2007

Balearic regional election, 2007

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All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 30 seats needed for a majority
Registered	699,947 2.5%
Turnout	420,941 (60.1%) 2.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jaume Matas Francesc Antich Gabriel Barceló Party PP PSIB–PSOE Bloc Leader since 17 June 1996 9 November 1998 27 May 2006 Leader's seat Majorca Majorca Majorca Last election 30 seats, 45.1% 20 seats, 28.8% 6 seats, 12.8% Seats won 29 22 5 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 194,372 136,027 40,864 Percentage 46.5% 32.5% 9.8% Swing 1.4 pp 4.7 pp 3.0 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election Jaume Matas PP Elected President Francesc Antich PSIB–PSOE

Jaume Matas
PP

Francesc Antich
PSIB–PSOE

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. 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 Majorca, 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 grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.