2015 Balearic Island Council elections

The 2015 Balearic Island Council elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Island Councils of Mallorca and Menorca and the 3rd Island Councils of Formentera and Ibiza. All 76 seats in the four Island Councils were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2015 Spanish local elections (Balearic Islands) § Island Councils

Island Council control

The following table lists party control in the Island Councils.[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Council	Previous control		New control
Formentera		People for Formentera (GxF)		People for Formentera (GxF)
Ibiza		People's Party (PP)		Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)
Mallorca		People's Party (PP)		More for Mallorca (Més)
Menorca		People's Party (PP)		More for Menorca (MpM) (PSIB–PSOE in 2017)

Islands

Formentera

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Island Council of Formentera election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People for Formentera (GxF)	1,817	49.75	+5.71	9	+3
	People's Party (PP)^1	802	21.96	n/a	4	+1
	Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)	507	13.88	–1.41	2	±0
	Commitment to Formentera (CompromísFormentera)^1	460	12.60	n/a	2	±0
Blank ballots		66	1.81	–0.18
Total		3,652			17	+4
Valid votes		3,652	97.21	–0.99
Invalid votes		105	2.79	+0.99
Votes cast / turnout		3,757	51.52	–9.34
Abstentions		3,535	48.48	+9.34
Registered voters		7,292
Sources[1][2][3]

Ibiza

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Island Council of Ibiza election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	14,782	34.04	–17.34	6	–2
	Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)^1	10,354	23.84	n/a	4	±0
	We Can (Podemos/Podem)	8,188	18.86	New	3	+3
	People for Ibiza (GxE)^1	2,193	5.05	n/a	0	–1
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	2,006	4.62	New	0	±0
	EPIC Ibiza Citizen Movement (mcEPIC)	1,102	2.54	New	0	±0
	More Ibiza–Democratic Corsairs (MEC)	1,002	2.31	New	0	±0
	Island Alternative (AL–in)^2	777	1.79	–2.68	0	±0
	Republican Left–Ibiza Yes (ER–Eivissa Sí)^1	769	1.77	n/a	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	696	1.60	–0.50	0	±0
	Renewal Party of Ibiza and Formentera (PREF)	486	1.12	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,070	2.46	–0.86
Total		43,425			13	±0
Valid votes		43,425	98.76	+0.34
Invalid votes		545	1.24	–0.34
Votes cast / turnout		43,970	49.30	–2.85
Abstentions		45,222	50.70	+2.85
Registered voters		89,192
Sources[1][4]

Mallorca

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Island Council of Mallorca election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	96,314	27.83	–18.25	10	–9
	Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)	62,018	17.91	–5.65	7	–3
	More for Mallorca–PSM–Agreement–Initiative Greens (Més–PSM–Entesa–IV)^1	59,992	17.33	+6.76	6	+2
	We Can (Podemos/Podem)	49,652	14.34	New	5	+5
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)^2	32,387	9.35	+1.83	3	+3
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	25,236	7.29	+7.04	2	+2
	Let's Win the Balearic Islands (Guanyem)^3	6,091	1.75	–1.18	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	3,131	0.90	–1.29	0	±0
	Independent Green Ecologists of the Balearics (ECOVIB)	2,185	0.63	New	0	±0
	Independent Social Group (ASI)	1,060	0.30	–0.02	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	955	0.27	+0.12	0	±0
	Spanish Liberal Project (PLIE)	677	0.19	+0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,440	1.86	–1.00
Total		346,138			33	±0
Valid votes		346,138	98.59	+0.19
Invalid votes		4,928	1.41	–0.19
Votes cast / turnout		351,082	60.16	–0.81
Abstentions		232,480	39.84	+0.81
Registered voters		583,562
Sources[1][4]

Menorca

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Island Council of Menorca election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	11,928	31.77	–15.05	5	–3
	Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE)	8,462	22.54	–3.17	3	–1
	More for Menorca (MpM)^1	7,038	18.74	+5.78	3	+2
	We Can (Podemos/Podem)	4,681	12.47	New	2	+2
	Citizens of Menorca–Ciutadella de Menorca People's Union (CMe–UPCM)	1,869	4.98	+3.75	0	±0
	Left of Menorca–United Left (EM–EU)	1,560	4.15	–0.06	0	±0
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)^2	1,141	3.04	+0.23	0	±0
Blank ballots		868	2.31	–0.66
Total		37,547			13	±0
Valid votes		37,547	98.40	+0.04
Invalid votes		610	1.60	–0.04
Votes cast / turnout		38,155	58.38	–1.81
Abstentions		27,199	41.62	+1.81
Registered voters		65,356
Sources[1][4]

See also

• 2015 Balearic regional election
• Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish local elections (Balearic Islands)

Notes

References

Opinion poll sources

Other

1. "Parliament of the Balearic Islands and Island Council elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Catalan). Electoral History. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
2. "Local election results, 24 May 2015, in Gipuzkoa, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Huelva, Huesca, Balearic Islands and Jaén provinces" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
3. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2015. Formentera Municipality". www.infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
4. "Resultats oficials Consells per legislatura" (PDF). parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Board of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 21 February 2020.