1934 Barcelona City Council election

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1934 Barcelona City Council election
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  1931 14 January 1934 1979  

All 40 seats in the Barcelona City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderCarles Pi i SunyerLluís Duran Ventosa
Party Catalan Left Catalan League
Leader since19341934
Last election2512
Seats won2610
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote162,476133,710
Percentage50.2%41.3%

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Results by district

Mayor before election

Jaume Aiguader i Miró
Republican Left of Catalonia

Elected Mayor

Carles Pi i Sunyer
Republican Left of Catalonia

The 1934 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 14 January 1934, to elect the Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona, together with the other 1,029 Catalan municipalities. At stake were all 40 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona. These were the first local elections where women were able to vote.

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Electoral system

According to the 1932 Statute of Autonomy, the competences on local elections were devolved to the Catalan Government. The electoral system was determined by the Municipal Law. The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council consisted of 40 members.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using closed lists party block voting: the winning party in number of votes would win the 66% of the seats, the second party would win the 66% of the unfilled seats, and so on. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. [1]

Results

Summary of the 14 January 1934 Barcelona City Council election results
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PartyVoteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Catalan Left (ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE)162,47650.17Increase2.svg 19.4326Increase2.svg 1
Catalan League (LC)133,71041.29Increase2.svg 19.6810Decrease2.svg 2
Radical Republican Party (PRR)20,9146.46Decrease2.svg 14.084Decrease2.svg 8
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC)1,9700.61Decrease2.svg 0.620±0
Catalan National Party (PNC)1,9290.60Decrease2.svg 12.440±0
Catalan Communist Party (PCC)1,4540.45New0±0
Federal Far Left (EEF)6190.19New0±0
Blank ballots7550.23N/A
Total323,827100.0040Decrease2.svg 10
Valid votes323,82799.88N/A
Invalid votes3970.12N/A
Votes cast / turnout324,22456.82N/A
Abstentions246,34543.18N/A
Registered voters570,569
Source: La vanguardia, 19-1-1934, p.6
Vote share
ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE
50.17%
LC
41.29%
PRR
6.46%
BOC
0.61%
ACR
0.60%
PCC
0.45%
EEF
0.19%
Blank ballots
0.23%
City council seats
ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE
65.00%
LR
25.00%
PRR
10.00%

Results by district

District ERC LC PRR BOC PNC PCC EEF
I BarcelonetaCiutat Vella 45.545.36.80.50.90.20.6
II Poble-secMontjuïc 58.530.29.30.60.60.20.5
III Les CortsSarrià 34.660.73.10.30.70.10.3
IV Dreta de l'Eixample 33.459.74.90.30.60.30.6
V Raval 56.432.18.31.10.70.40.8
VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 36.755.56.30.10.70.10.4
VII HostafrancsSants 61.330.16.50.60.40.20.7
VIII Gràcia 50.542.85.10.20.60.10.5
IX Sant AndreuHorta 60.730.86.30.40.50.30.9
X Sant Martí 63.425.98.70.60.40.20.7
Total50.241.36.50.50.60.20.6

Councillors elected

References

  1. "Llei municipal" (PDF). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 1933. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  2. Apèndix 2. Eleccions municipals de 1934, p. 2. Raimon Soler Becerro