ELECTION RESULTS - Mallorca

Regional Parliament (four leading groupings)
Partido Popular:
35 seats (increase of 7 seats compared with 2007), 46.48% of the vote (swing of + 0.98% on 2007)
PSOE: 14 seats (down 2); 21.41% (down from 27.6%)
PSM and others: 4 seats (no change); 8.61% (down from 8.98%)
PSOE - Pacte: 4 seats (down 2); 3.06% (down from 4.56%)

Council of Mallorca
Partido Popular: 7 seats; 46.34% of the vote
PSOE: 4 seats; 25.46%
PSM-EN: 2 seats; 12.14%

Alcúdia:
Partido Popular: 8 councillors (up 2); 39.25% of the vote (up from 31.82%)
CxI: 4 councillors (down 3 as the UM in 2007); 23.15% (down from 34.69%)
PSOE: 4 councillors (no change); 22.37% (up from 22.26%)
PSM and others: 1 councillor (up one); 6.35%

Pollensa:
Partido Popular: 5 councillors (no change); 24.29%
La Lliga: 3 councillors (N/A); 15.83%
Alternativa: 2 councillors (N/A); 12.24%
PSOE: 2 councillors (down 2); 11.78%
CiU: 2 councillors; 9.48%
UMP: 1 councillor; 9.07%
PSM and others: 1 councillor; 7.98%
ERAM: 1 councillor; 5.46%
PSIP: 0 councillors; 1.77%


Comment:
The situations in Alcúdia and Pollensa are far from clear. In Alcúdia, the PP is one councillor short of a majority, but its options for pacts are limited. The CxI and PSOE were partners in the previous administration and if they were to being in the new PSM councillor, this would give them control of the town hall and could well see Miguel Llompart staying on as mayor. There is a possibility that the CxI could go with the PP, but the relationship has been uneasy till now. PSOE, interestingly, hae actually managed to increase their share of the Alcúdia vote.

In Pollensa, it is completely confused. The obvious pact would be PP with UMP (as before) plus La Lliga, which was formed as a breakaway from the PP. This would give them the nine councillors needed and, at a guess, would see Malena Estrany of the Lliga installed as mayor. But whether La Lliga would go with the PP, given the acrimony that led to its creation, must be open to question. Whatever emerges, Pollensa's town hall is likely to remain as confused as the election result.