1931 Barcelona City Council election

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1931 Barcelona City Council election
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  1922 12 April 1931 1934  

All 50 seats in the Barcelona City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Lluis Companys.jpg Noimage.png
Leader Lluís Companys Joan Antoni Güell i López
Party ERC Regionalist League
Leader since19311930
Seats won2512
Popular vote42,76230,056
Percentage30.7%21.6%

Barcelona eleccions municipals 1931.svg
Results by district

Mayor before election

Joan Antoni Güell i López
Regionalist League

Elected Mayor

Jaume Aiguader i Miró
Republican Left of Catalonia

The 1931 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 12 April 1931, to elect the Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. This was the first election under the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.[ clarification needed ] At stake were all 50 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona. The election was perceived as a plebiscite on Spanish Monarchy. The results lead to the Second Spanish Republic.

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Electoral system

The number of seats of each council was determined by the population count. According to the 1877 municipal law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale: [1]

PopulationSeatsPopulationSeatsPopulationSeats
<500616,001–18,0002155,001–60,00036
501–800718,001–20,0002260,001–65,00037
801–1,000820,001–22,0002365,001–70,00038
1,001–2,000922,001–24,0002470,001–75,00039
2,001–3,0001024,001–26,0002575,001–80,00040
3,001–4,0001126,001–28,0002680,001–85,00041
4,001–5,0001228,001–30,0002785,001–90,00042
5,001–6,0001330,001–32,0002890,001–95,00043
6,001–7,0001432,001–34,0002995,001–100,00044
7,001–8,0001534,001–36,00030100,001–120,00045
8,001–9,0001636,001–38,00031120,001–140,00046
9,001–10,0001738,001–40,00032140,001–160,00047
10,001–12,0001840,001–45,00033160,001–180,00048
12,001–14,0001945,001–50,00034180,001–200,00049
14,001–16,0002050,001–55,00035>200,00150

The 1907 election law established that councillors should be elected in districts consisting of 4 members, although 3 to 7 member districts were also allowed. Voters had to choose multiple candidates using limited voting, which allows a voter to vote for fewer candidates than members have to be elected. Candidates winning a plurality of votes in each district were elected. If the number of candidates was equal or fewer than the number of seats to be filled, candidates were automatically proclaimed without an election. Voting was compulsory, but not enforced, and on the basis of universal manhood suffrage, with males over twenty-five and at least a two-year residency in a municipality required to vote. Mayors were elected indirectly by the city or town council on the first session after the election. [1] [2]

Results

Summary of the 12 April 1931 Barcelona City Council election results
Barcelona City Council election, 1931 results.svg
PartyVoteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Republican Left (ERC-USC)42,76230,7425
Regionalist League (LR)30,05621.6112
Republican-Socialist Coalition (PRR-PSOE)28,56120.5312
Autonomous Republicans (Rep.A)5,3223.831
Republican Catalan Action (ACR)18,13213.040
Spanish Patriotic Union (UP)3,9522.840
Liberal Party (PL)2,4451.760
Independents 2,3561.690
Dissident radicals (Rad.D)2,2701.630
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC)1,7071.230
Traditionalist Communion (TC)1,2160.870
Social Republican (Rep.S)1870.130
Radio Communist (Com.Rad)1290.090
Total139,095100.0050
Source: La Veu de Catalunya, 14/04/1931 p. 4
Vote share
ERC-USC
30.74%
LR
21.61%
PRR-PSOE
20.53%
ACR
13.04%
Rep.A
3.83%
UP
2.84%
Others
7.41%
City council seats
ERC-USC
50.00%
LR
24.00%
PRR-PSOE
24.00%
Rep.A
2.00%

Results by district

Constituency ERC-USC LR PRR-PSOE ACROther monarchistsRep.AOther republicans Indep.
 %S %S %S %S %S %S %S %S
I BarcelonetaCiutat Vella 21.030.4330.3214.10.03.11.20.0
II Poble-secMontjuïc 36.5313.928.0212.98.30.00.40.0
III Les CortsSarrià 23.9129.727.723.014.00.00.11.7
IV Dreta de l'Eixample 24.3230.4413.316.19.90.85.20.0
V Raval 28.9413.622.3214.34.40.116.40.0
VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 33.1328.0112.417.27.02.20.00.0
VII HostafrancsSants 41.8412.521.929.92.01.41.98.5
VIII Gràcia 33.0324.7222.313.24.21.20.21.3
IX Sant AndreuHorta 36.7413.614.917.68.217.911.00.0
X Sant Martí 24.3124.329.137.00.09.50.65.2
Total30.72521.61220.51213.05.53.813.11.7

Councillors elected

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
  2. "Ley electoral" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1907.
  3. "Ajuntament de Barcelona. Ciutadans regidors que el constitueixen". Gaseta Municipal de Barcelona. Year 18, Num. 2 (20/04/1931), P. 2-3. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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