1934 Catalan local elections

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1934 Catalan local elections
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←  1931 14 January 1934 1979  →
1,029 municipal councils
Registered1,666,000
Turnout996,000 (59.8%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Lluis Companys.jpg Retrat Francesc Cambo.jpeg
Leader Lluís Companys Francesc Cambó
Party ERC Catalan League
Popular vote520,000412,000
Percentage52.441.4
1934 Catalan local elections by municipality.svg
Judicial district capitals results map for municipal elections

The 1934 Catalan local elections were held on 14 January to elect the municipal councils in all the 1,029 municipalities of Catalonia. These elections were only held in Catalonia, as the 1932 Statute of Autonomy devolved the competences on local elections to the Generalitat de Catalunya. These were the first and only election to be organised by the Catalan Government, since this administration was suppressed by the Dictatorship of Francisco Franco in 1939, after winning the Spanish Civil War. The following free local elections were not held until 1979, during the transition to democracy.

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Electoral system

The electoral system was determined by the Municipal Law, which was approved by the Parliament of Catalonia in August 1933. The elections were scheduled to be held in November 1933, but they were delayed to January in order not to interfere with the 1933 general election. The municipal council seats of all the 1,029 municipalities of Catalonia were up for election. The population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale: [1]

PopulationSeats
<5005
501–1,0006
1,001–1,5007
1,501–2,0008
2,001–2,5009
2,501–3,00010
3,001–5,00012
5,001–10,00016
10,001–20,00018
>20,00024
Barcelona 40

All the councillors were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the municipality's territory, using closed lists. The allocation of seats depended on the population: [1]

The mayors were elected on the first plenary session by the councillors. Candidates obtaining an absolute majority on a first or second round were elected. If none of the candidates had achieved an absolute majority, a third round would have been held, where the candidate with plurality would be elected. [1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of 14 January 1934 local election results →
Parties and coalitionsVotes %
Left-wing coalitions311,00031.2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)182,00018.3
Other left-wing lists29,0002.9
Republican left520,00052.4
Catalan League (LC)244,00024.5
Right-wing coalitions147,00014.8
Other right-wing lists21,0002.1
Right-wing parties412,00041.4
Radical Republican Party (PRR)31,0003.1
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC)11,0001.1
Catalan Republican Action (ACR)10,0001.0
Other9,0000.9
Blank votes1,0000.1
Total996,000100.0
Votes cast / turnout996,00059.8
Abstentions670,00040.2
Registered voters1,666,000
Source: [2]

Turnout was 59.8%, lower than the 1931 elections, but similar to the 1933 general election. The highest abstention rates were found in towns across the Pyrenees. The left-wing parties got a majority of votes, specially in Penedès and in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The right-wing parties made their best results in Solsonès, Segarra and Alt Urgell, and they won in cities like Girona, Vic, Olot or El Vendrell. [2]

Juditial district capitals

Leading list in the juditial district capitals Eleccions municipals 1934.svg
Leading list in the juditial district capitals

Vote share

In the following table, background-coloured rows indicate the winning list in a municipality.

Municipality BOC ERC Left
coal.		Other
left		 ACR PRR LC Right
coal.		Other
right
Arenys de Mar 12.08.027.053.0
Badalona 3.152.644.3
Balaguer 10.745.643.8
Barcelona 1.150.30.26.541.30.6
Berga 52.847.2
Cervera 40.659.4
El Vendrell 30.530.638.9
Falset 33.466.6
Figueres 1.760.11.88.527.5
Gandesa 46.253.8
Girona 2.044.64.52.045.11.8
Granollers 24.335.426.314.0
Igualada 51.62.845.6
La Bisbal d'Empordà 54.645.4
La Seu d'Urgell 42.757.3
Les Borges Blanques 6.758.335.0
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 0.650.39.75.334.1
Lleida 5.155.039.9
Manresa 0.353.546.1
Mataró 53.346.7
Montblanc 58.042.0
Olot 41.516.342.2
Puigcerdà 46.353.7
Reus 1.643.732.022.7
Sabadell 55.40.73.937.0
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 53.13.219.524.2
Santa Coloma de Farners 46.18.145.8
Solsona 25.474.6
Sort 49.150.9
Tarragona 53.37.236.4
Terrassa 2.352.545.23.0
Tortosa 59.940.1
Tremp 51.448.6
Valls 52.347.7
Vic 1.133.37.11.157.4
Vielha  ? ?
Vilafranca del Penedès 51.248.8
Vilanova i la Geltrú 4.563.432.1
Source: [3]

Elected councillors by political party

In the following table, background-coloured rows indicate the ruling parties in a municipality.

MunicipalityTotal BOC PSOE USC ERC Other
left		 ACR PRDF PRR LC CT Other
right
Arenys de Mar 16511
Badalona 2431021242
Balaguer 16115
Barcelona 4031724410
Berga 16925
Cervera 1248
El Vendrell 12228
Falset 1037
Figueres 18126
Gandesa 1248
Girona 24611061
Granollers 182124
Igualada 181026
La Bisbal d'Empordà 1284
La Seu d'Urgell 1248
Les Borges Blanques 1284
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 2413218
Lleida 2411221233
Manresa 2421022242
Mataró 241492161
Montblanc 12444
Olot 1813293
Puigcerdà 10325
Reus 2463762
Sabadell 2415108
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 1611221
Santa Coloma de Farners 1284
Solsona 1248
Sort 624
Tarragona 244444116
Terrassa 2412221313
Tortosa 242112135
Tremp 1073
Valls 181371321
Vic 1811484
Vielha 624
Vilafranca del Penedès 16614212
Vilanova i la Geltrú 182646
Source: [2] [3]

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