Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2011 elections to the Balearic Islands Parliament were the eighth elections to the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 59 members of the Assembly. Voting was in four electoral districts corresponding to the islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Majorca elected thirty three members, Menorca thirteen, Ibiza twelve and Formentera one.Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used was closed list proportional representationwith seats allocated in each electoral district using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the votes in a particular district (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.Political control of the islands had fluctuated in the preceding elections with the People's Party (PP) losing their majority and consequently, control to a coalition headed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) at the 2007 elections. The 2011 elections saw the PP regain their overall majority. The gains came largely at the expense of United Left, Convergència per les Illes (formerly Majorcan Union,) Republican Left and The Greens, all of whom lost their representation in the legislature. These parties had all won seats as part of various coalitions in the previous elections.One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of the Balearic Islands from among their number, with José Ramón Bauzà set to replace the current President, Francesc Antich, incumbent since 2007.. }
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- Balearic_Islands_parliamentary_election,_2011 abstract "The 2011 elections to the Balearic Islands Parliament were the eighth elections to the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 59 members of the Assembly. Voting was in four electoral districts corresponding to the islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Majorca elected thirty three members, Menorca thirteen, Ibiza twelve and Formentera one.Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used was closed list proportional representationwith seats allocated in each electoral district using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the votes in a particular district (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.Political control of the islands had fluctuated in the preceding elections with the People's Party (PP) losing their majority and consequently, control to a coalition headed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) at the 2007 elections. The 2011 elections saw the PP regain their overall majority. The gains came largely at the expense of United Left, Convergència per les Illes (formerly Majorcan Union,) Republican Left and The Greens, all of whom lost their representation in the legislature. These parties had all won seats as part of various coalitions in the previous elections.One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of the Balearic Islands from among their number, with José Ramón Bauzà set to replace the current President, Francesc Antich, incumbent since 2007.".