Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
Majorcan Union was a regional liberal party on the island of Majorca, Spain. It was founded in October 1982, as a nationalist continuation of the then disintegrating Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). The main founder was Jeroni Albertí Picornell.
Balearic Anticolonialist Group was a political organization in the Balearic Islands founded on January 1978. It was yet one more short-lived minority agent in the agitated political context of the Spanish Transition to democracy.
Catalan-Balear Communist Federation was a communist group in Spain. Formed in 1924, it joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), and functioned as the PCE federation in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Its most prominent leader was Joaquim Maurín, and its main organ was La Batalla.
Communist Movement was a political party in Spain. It was founded in 1972 as Movimiento Comunista de España (MCE).
The Balearic Islands are a Spanish archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Socialist Party of Majorca, officially PSM–Entesa after the incorporation of Entesa per Mallorca (ExM) in February 2013, is a political party in Majorca, Spain. The PSM defines itself as socialist, environmentalist, and Catalan nationalist, from a Majorcan point of view.
United Left is a federative political movement in Spain that was first organized as a coalition in 1986, bringing together several left-wing political organizations, most notably the Communist Party of Spain.
Proposta per les Illes, or simply El Pi is a liberal Balearic autonomist political party, formed in November 2012 from the merger of several nationalist and regionalist parties: Convergència per les Illes, the Lliga Regionalista de les Illes Balears, the Menorcan Union and Es Nou Partit. The party's two main leaders are Jaume Font and Josep Melià. As the merger of parties from Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, el PI has elected representatives on each of these three islands, including 6 mayors and 82 councillors in 34 municipalities.
The 1983 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 764 of 1,139 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.
Gent per Formentera, is a political grouping of the island of Formentera that appeared in 2007 to contest the elections to the Island Council of Formentera and the elections to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands. They describe themselves as a left-wing, environmentalist and nationalist party dedicated to fulfilling the specific needs of the island.
The Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands–PSOE is the regional branch in the Balearic Islands of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.
The 1983 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 54 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.
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.
Aurora Picornell or Aurora Picornell Femenies was a Spanish political martyr. She was a seamstress and a workers' activist known as "La Pasionaria mallorquina". She was a member of the Spanish Communist Party. In 1937, she was executed without trial by Francoist forces.
Més per Menorca is a Menorcan political party. It was a coalition formed by the Socialist Party of Menorca, Republican Left, The Greens of Menorca, Equo, local parties and independents around the island until 2017. MpM was created in July 2014. Until May 2017 it had been linked to the similarly-named alliance in Majorca.
The 1999 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th 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 1999 European Parliament election.
The People's Party of the Balearic Islands is the regional section of the People's Party of Spain (PP) in the Balearic Islands. It was formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance.
United Left of the Balearic Islands is the Balearic federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Juan José Martínez Riera is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of the Balearic Islands is the major member of the coalition.
Francesca Lluch Armengol i Socias, known as Francina Armengol, is a Spanish politician from the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands. She has been the President of the Balearic Islands since 2015, and also the first woman to ever hold the office.
