1987 Balearic regional election

1987 Balearic regional election

← 1983 10 June 1987 1991 →
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	507,258 3.9%
Turnout	338,149 (66.9%) 2.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gabriel Cañellas Joan Francesc Triay Francesc Quetglas Party AP–PL PSOE CDS Leader since 1980 1986 1982 Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca Last election 21 seats, 35.6%[a] 21 seats, 34.7% 0 seats, 2.1% Seats won 25 21 5 Seat change 4 0 5 Popular vote 123,044 107,762 34,046 Percentage 36.7% 32.5% 10.2% Swing 1.1 pp 2.2 pp 8.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jeroni Albertí Sebastià Serra Joan López Casasnovas Party UM PSM–EN PSM–EU Leader since 1982 1983 1983 Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Menorca Last election 6 seats, 15.1% 2 seats, 5.5% 2 seats, 1.3%[b] Seats won 4 2 2 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 30,247 16,383 4,367 Percentage 9.0% 4.9% 1.3% Swing 6.1 pp 0.6 pp 0.0 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election Gabriel Cañellas AP–PL Elected President Gabriel Cañellas AP–PL

The 1987 Balearic regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd 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, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

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 fewer 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 (CDS). 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 CDS in the investiture vote. This meant that Gabriel Cañellas was invested as President of the Balearic Islands for a second term. Finally, the Nationalist Left (EN), that obtained the same 4 seats presenting candidates in Mallorca and Menorca, lost overall popular support but gained votes in Menorca thanks to the alliance with United Left (EU) in this district.
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