 Additionally, Balearic people abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote ().The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.