Menorca (Parliament of the Balearic Islands constituency) Parliament. From the 2007 election onwards, a separate election is held. Additionally, on 3 April 1979 the first independent election for the Menorca Island Council was held, electing 13 councillors. The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the four main islands in the Balearic archipelago—Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is allocated a fixed
Battle of Minorca (1939) Battle of Minorca (1939) The Battle of Menorca took place in Menorca between the 7 and 9 February 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. After the fall of Catalonia, the island of Menorca, the only Balearic island held by the Republic, was isolated from other Republican-held territory by the Nationalist naval blockade. Francisco Franco informed the British government that Mussolini's Italian troops would abandon the Balearic Islands after the war and the British government agreed to arrange the surrender of the Republican garrison. On 8 January 1939 Admiral Luis González de Ubieta was transferred to Menorca to take the command