10 June 1987 1991 → Turnout 338,149 (66.7%)
1.9 pp 1986 1982 | Registered 507,258 3.7% 1980 1986 21 seats, 34.3% 21 seats, 34.2% | |
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The 1987 Balearic parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the Balearic Islands, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. At stake were all 59 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Balearic Islands.
The governing party People's Alliance (AP), in alliance with Liberal Party (PL), increased support compared to the previous election. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) received less votes than in 1983, but obtained the same seats due to the increase of total parliamentary seats. The third force in the 1983 election, Majorcan Union (UM), lost support in part due to the important increase of Democratic and Social Centre (CSD). Because of this, UM could not repeat their previous support to AP–PL, and instead both parties formed an alliance in the Government, thanks to the abstention of CSD in the investiture vote. This meant that Gabriel Cañellas was invested as President of the Balearic Islands for a second time. Finally, the Nationalist Left (EN) obtained the same 4 seats, presenting candidates in Majorca and Minorca, and lost overall popular suport, but gained votes in Minorca thanks to its alliance with United Left (EU) in this district.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Balearic Parliament was set to a fixed-number of 59. All Parliament members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, each corresponding to one of the three largest islands in the archipelago: Majorca was entitled 33 seats; Minorca with 13 and Ibiza with 12, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Additionally, Formentera elected one member using plurality voting.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.