1932 Catalan regional election

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1932 Catalan regional election
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20 November 1932 1980  

All 85 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout466,000
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Francesc Macià Joan Ventosa Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer
Party ERC LR PCR
Leader since22 February 1931 N/A 22 March 1931
Leader's seat Barcelona City Barcelona City (lost)
Seats won67171
Popular vote224,800138,50039,100
Percentage47.1 %29.0 %8.2 %

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Election results by province

President before election

Francesc Macià
ERC

Elected President

Francesc Macià
ERC

The 1932 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 20 November 1932, to elect the first legislature of the Parliament of the autonomous region of Catalonia.

Contents

It was the sole Catalan parliamentary election held during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939). Between 1939 and 1980 the Parliament, as the rest of the institutions of the Generalitat of Catalonia, remained in exile as a consequence of the Republican defeat in the Spanish Civil War, and there wasn't another election until 1980.

All 85 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), led by the acting President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Francesc Macià, was the winning party. the conservative Regionalist League, almost hegemonic in Catalonia during the reign of Alfonso XIII, reached the second place but far from the Republican Left. The third list was the Republican Catalanist Party, which won one seat.

Results

Summary of the 20 November 1932 Parliament of Catalonia election results
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %
Catalan Left (Esquerra Catalana)224,80047.1067
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)56
Socialist Union of Catalonia (USC)5
Radical Autonomist Party  [ ca; es ] (PRA)4
Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF)1
Catalan Union (UC)1
Citizen Concord (Concòrdia Ciutadana)138,50029.0017
Regionalist League of Catalonia (LRC)16
Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)1
Left Coalition (Coalició d’Esquerres)39,1008.201
Catalan Republican Party  [ ca; es ] (PCR)1
Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS)0
Catalan Party of Republican Action (PCAR)0
Radical Republican Party (PRR)25,9005.400
Right of Catalonia (Dreta de Catalunya)15,0003.100
Traditionalist Communion (CT)0
Spanish Renovation (RE)0
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC)11,0002.300
Federal Far-Left–Social Revolutionary Party (EEF–PSR)6,4001.300
Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF)2,9000.600
Communist Party of Catalonia (PCC)1,7000.400
Catalan Nationalist Party (PNC)7000.640
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)5000.820
Spanish Concord (CE)1000.300
Catalan State–Proletarian Party (EC–PP)1000.170
Total2,056,97485
Votes cast / turnout466,700
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources [1]
Popular vote
ERC
47.10%
Lliga
29.00%
Esquerres
8.20%
PRR
5.40%
Right
3.10%
BOC
2.30%
EEF–PSR
1.30%
Others
3.60%
Seats
ERC
78.82%
Lliga
20.00%
Esquerres
1.18%

References

  1. "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 1932". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 6 September 2023.