Balearic Islands (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Balearic Islands
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
Location of Balearic Islands within Spain
Province	Balearic Islands
Autonomous community	Balearic Islands
Population	1,104,479 (2016)
Electorate	772,939 (2016)
Major settlements	Palma, Calvià, Ibiza
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	6 (1977–1993) 7 (1993–2004) 8 (2004–)

The Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares)—Balearics until 2000 (Spanish: Baleares, Catalan: Balears)—are one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales—. The constituency elects eight deputies. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts for the Congress of Deputies, with this regulation being maintained under Article 68.2 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, Article 141.1 of the Constitution would require for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.