2023 Balearic island council elections
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Island council elections were held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th Consells Insulars of Mallorca and Menorca and the 5th Consells Insulars of Formentera and Ibiza. All 76 seats in the four island councils were up for election. They were held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.
Opinion polls
[edit]Island control
[edit]The following table lists party control in the island councils.[1] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Island | Population[2] | Previous control | New control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formentera | 11,418 | People for Formentera (GxF) | Sa Unió de Formentera (Sa Unió) (INDEP in 2024; Sa Unió in 2024) | ||
| Ibiza | 154,210 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | ||
| Mallorca | 914,564 | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | People's Party (PP) | ||
| Menorca | 96,467 | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | People's Party (PP) | ||
Islands
[edit]Formentera
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| The Union of Formentera (PP–CompromísFormentera) (Sa Unió) | 1,870 | 47.12 | +13.37 | 9 | +3 | |
| People for Formentera (GxF) | 1,030 | 25.95 | −9.55 | 5 | −1 | |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 702 | 17.69 | −9.18 | 3 | −2 | |
| We Can (Podemos) | 156 | 3.93 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 77 | 1.94 | −0.78 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Libertarian Party (P–LIB) | 50 | 1.26 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 83 | 2.09 | +0.92 | |||
| Total | 3,968 | 17 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,968 | 98.85 | +0.31 | |||
| Invalid votes | 46 | 1.14 | −0.31 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 4,014 | 54.96 | +3.44 | |||
| Abstentions | 3,289 | 45.03 | −3.44 | |||
| Registered voters | 7,303 | |||||
| Sources[1][3][4] | ||||||
Ibiza
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 23,330 | 52.44 | +13.01 | 8 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 10,820 | 24.32 | −4.22 | 3 | −2 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 3,631 | 8.16 | +4.01 | 1 | +1 | |
| United We Can (EUIB–Podemos) | 2,820 | 6.34 | −5.67 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Now Ibiza (Ara Eivissa) | 1,486 | 3.34 | +0.30 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) | 670 | 1.51 | −5.39 | 0 | −1 | |
| EPIC Ibiza Citizen Movement–El Pi (EPIC–El Pi)1 | 585 | 1.31 | −3.62 | 0 | ±0 | |
| For the Balearics (PerxB) | 455 | 1.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 693 | 1.56 | +0.55 | |||
| Total | 44,490 | 13 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 44,490 | 98.56 | −0.49 | |||
| Invalid votes | 652 | 0.14 | +0.49 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 45,142 | 47.19 | −2.20 | |||
| Abstentions | 50,509 | 52.81 | +2.20 | |||
| Registered voters | 95,651 | |||||
| Sources[1][5] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Mallorca
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 123,380 | 34.16 | +13.57 | 13 | +6 | |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 92,050 | 25.49 | −1.03 | 9 | −1 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 55,202 | 15.28 | +6.19 | 5 | +2 | |
| More for Mallorca (Més) | 42,197 | 11.68 | −1.01 | 4 | ±0 | |
| El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi) | 18,905 | 5.23 | −3.91 | 2 | −1 | |
| United We Can (EUIB–Podemos) | 15,455 | 4.28 | −5.23 | 0 | −3 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) | 4,920 | 1.36 | −8.95 | 0 | −3 | |
| Coalition for the Balearics (CperB) | 988 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Liberal Project (PLIE) | 825 | 0.23 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Political Reset (Reset) | 693 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| New National Order (Orden) | 381 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 6,172 | 1.71 | +0.55 | |||
| Total | 361,168 | 33 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 361,168 | 98.69 | −0.10 | |||
| Invalid votes | 4,801 | 1.31 | +0.10 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 365,969 | 58.86 | +2.68 | |||
| Abstentions | 255,759 | 41.14 | −2.68 | |||
| Registered voters | 621,728 | |||||
| Sources[1][5] | ||||||
Menorca
[edit]| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 15,307 | 39.38 | +10.74 | 6 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 10,554 | 27.15 | +0.47 | 4 | ±0 | |
| More for Menorca (MxMe) | 6,772 | 17.42 | −0.40 | 2 | −1 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 2,420 | 6.23 | +3.53 | 1 | +1 | |
| United We Can (EUIB–Podemos) | 2,388 | 6.17 | −4.87 | 0 | −1 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) | 517 | 1.33 | −7.27 | 0 | −1 | |
| Spanish Liberal Project (PLIE) | 170 | 0.44 | +0.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 743 | 1.91 | +0.67 | |||
| Total | 38,871 | 13 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 38,871 | 98.46 | −0.51 | |||
| Invalid votes | 606 | 1.54 | +0.51 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 39,477 | 55.03 | −2.99 | |||
| Abstentions | 32,261 | 44.97 | +2.99 | |||
| Registered voters | 71,738 | |||||
| Sources[1][5] | ||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles en aplicación de la Ley de Bases del Régimen Local (Art. 17). Balears, Illes: Población por municipios y sexo (2022)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ "Resolución de 5 de julio de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 2023, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Huelva, Huesca e Illes Balears" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (227): 128526–128931. 22 September 2023. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Proclamació de conselleres i conselleres electes del Consell Insular de Mallorca, de Menorca i d'Eivissa com a conseqüència de les eleccions de 28 de maig de 2023". Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (in Spanish) (83): 35986–35989. 20 June 2023. ISSN 2254-1233. Retrieved 27 May 2026.



