Editing Mallorca (section)

==Politics and government==
[[File:Official Emblem of the Mallorca Island Council.svg|thumb|upright|Emblem of the Mallorca Insular Council]]

===Regional government===
{{See also|Government of Marga Prohens}}
The Balearic Islands, of which Mallorca forms part, are one of the [[autonomous communities of Spain]]. [[Balearic Islands|As a whole]], they are currently governed by the [[People's Party of the Balearic Islands]] (PP), with [[Marga Prohens]] as their President.<ref>{{cite journal |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |journal=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] |issue=161 |date=7 July 2023 |language=es |title=Real Decreto 603/2023, de 6 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de las Illes Balears a doña Margarita Prohens Rigo |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2023/07/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2023-15738.pdf |issn=0212-033X |page=96063 |access-date=29 September 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707165137/https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2023/07/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2023-15738.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Insular government ===
The specific government institution for the island is the {{ill|Insular Council of Mallorca|ca|Consell Insular de Mallorca}} commonly known as ''Council of Mallorca'', created in 1978.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Consejos insulares y diputaciones provinciales|first=Avelino|last=Blasco Esteve|journal=Documentación Administrativa|issue=3|year=2016|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública]]|issn=1989-8983|location=Madrid|doi=10.24965/da.v0i3.10371|url=https://revistasonline.inap.es/index.php/DA/article/view/10371/10977|doi-access=free|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720103855/https://revistasonline.inap.es/index.php/DA/article/view/10371/10977|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is responsible for culture, roads, railways (see [[Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca]]) and municipal administration. As of September 2023, {{ill|Llorenç Galmés|es}} ([[People's Party (Spain)|PP]]) serves as president of the Insular Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cope.es/actualidad/espana/noticias/llorenc-galmes-nuevo-presidente-del-consell-mallorca-coalicion-con-vox-20230708_2804085 |title=Llorenç Galmés (PP), nuevo presidente del Consell de Mallorca en coalición con Vox |date=8 July 2023 |access-date=29 September 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715015424/https://www.cope.es/actualidad/espana/noticias/llorenc-galmes-nuevo-presidente-del-consell-mallorca-coalicion-con-vox-20230708_2804085 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Results of the elections to the Council of Mallorca====
Elections are held every four years concurrently with [[Elections in Spain#Local elections|local elections]]. From 1983 to 2007, councilors were indirectly elected from the results of the election to [[Parliament of the Balearic Islands]] for the constituency of [[Mallorca (Parliament of the Balearic Islands constituency)|Mallorca]]. Since 2007, however, separate direct elections are held to elect the Council.
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! colspan="4" |[[File:Official Emblem of the Mallorca Island Council.svg|35px]]<br />Island Councilors of the Council of Mallorca since 1978
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{{legend|{{party color|United Left of the Balearic Islands}}|[[United Left of the Balearic Islands|EUIB]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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{{legend|{{party color|Unidas Podemos}}|[[Unidas Podemos|United We Can–EUIB]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}|[[Socialist Party of Majorca|PSM]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Bloc for Mallorca}}|[[Bloc for Mallorca|Bloc]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}|[[Més per Mallorca|MÉS]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}|[[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands|PSIB–PSOE]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Proposta per les Illes}}|[[Proposta per les Illes|El Pí]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend|{{party color|Proposta per les Illes (2021)}}|[[Proposta per les Illes|El Pí]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}|[[Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Majorcan Union}}|[[Majorcan Union|UM]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Majorcan Union}}|[[Independent Union of Majorca|UIM–IM]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|[[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Cs]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}|[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}|[[People's Party of the Balearic Islands|PP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}|[[People's Coalition (Spain)|CP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|[[People's Alliance (Spain)|AP]]–[[Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)|PL]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! Election
! Distribution
! colspan="2"|President
|-
| rowspan="2" align=center|1979<ref>https://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/localsite/collect/mayurqa/index/assoc/Mayurqa_/2021v03p/107.dir/Mayurqa_2021v03p107.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:6em; color:white;"| 6
| style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}; width:15em; color:white;"| 15
|}
| [[Jeroni Albertí]] ([[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]) {{small|(1979-1982)}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};"|
|-
| {{ill|Maximilià Morales|ca|Maximilià Morales Gómez|es|Maximiliano Morales}} (UCD) {{small|(1982-1983)}}
|-
| align=center|[[1983 Balearic regional election|1983]]
|
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|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:6em; color:white;"| 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11
|}
| [[Jeroni Albertí]] ([[Majorcan Union|UM]])
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[1987 Balearic  regional election|1987]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:13em; color:white;"| 13
|}
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|Joan Verger|ca|Joan Verger Pocoví|es}} ([[People's Party of the Balearic Islands|PP]])
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[1991 Balearic regional election|1991]]
|
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|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:#2A52BE; width:1em; color:white;"| 1
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:18em; color:white;"| 18
|}
|-
| align=center|[[1995 Balearic regional election|1995]]
| 
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|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:8em; color:white;"| 8
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:16em; color:white;"| 16
|}
| rowspan="3" | {{ill|Maria Antònia Munar|ca|Maria Antònia Munar i Riutort|es}} ([[Majorcan Union|UM]])
| rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[1999 Balearic regional election|1999]]
|
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|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of the Balearic Islands}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:8em; color:white;"| 8
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:16em; color:white;"| 16
|}
|-
| align=center|[[2003 Balearic regional election|2003]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of the Balearic Islands}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Majorca}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:9em; color:white;"| 9
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:16em; color:white;"| 16
|}
|-
| align=center|[[2007 Balearic Island Council elections|2007]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Bloc for Mallorca}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:{{party color|Majorcan Union}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:16em; color:white;"| 16
|}
| [[Francina Armengol]] ([[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands|PSIB–PSOE]])
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[2011 Balearic Island Council elections|2011]]
|
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|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:19em; color:white;"| 19
|}
| {{ill|Maria Salom|ca|Maria Salom Coll|es}} ([[People's Party of the Balearic Islands|PP]])
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[2015 Balearic Island Council elections|2015]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5
| style="background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}; width:6em; color:white;"| 6
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:7em; color:white;"| 7
| style="background:{{party color|Proposta per les Illes}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10
|}
| [[Miquel Ensenyat]] ([[Més per Mallorca|MÉS]])
| style="background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[2019 Balearic Island Council elections|2019]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Unidas Podemos}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10
| style="background:{{party color|Proposta per les Illes}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:7em; color:white;"| 7
| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| {{ill|Catalina Cladera|ca|Catalina Cladera Crespí|es}} ([[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands|PSIB–PSOE]])
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[2023 Balearic Island Council elections|2023]]
|
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|- style="font-weight:bold" 
| style="background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:9em; color:white;"| 9
| style="background:{{party color|Proposta per les Illes (2021)}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}}; width:13em; color:white;"| 13
| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5
|}
| {{ill|Llorenç Galmés|ca|Llorenç Galmés Verger|es}} ([[People's Party of the Balearic Islands|PP]])
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Balearic Islands}};"|
|}