1917 Barcelona City Council election

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The 1917 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 11 November 1917, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 26 out of 50 seats were up for election (1 was a vacant seat).

Electoral system[]

The number of seats of each council was determined by the population count, according to the 1877 Municipal Law. As Barcelona had more than 200,000 inhabitants, the number of seats composing the city council was 50. The municipal law also established that half of the seats had to be renewed every two years. Therefore, in these elections 25 seats had to be renewed. Additionally, any vacant seat would also be renewed.[1] The municipality was divided in 10 multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the city districts. Seats were elected using limited partial block voting. Candidates winning a plurality in each constituency were elected. In districts electing. Voting was on the basis of universal manhood suffrage, which comprised all national males over twenty-five, having at least a two-year residency in a municipality and in full enjoyment of their civil rights.[2]

The Municipal Law allowed the King of Spain to elect directly the Mayor of Barcelona.[1]

Results[]

← Summary of the 11 November 1917 Barcelona City Council election results →
Barcelona City Council election, 1917 results.svg
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won Total +/−
Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 40,482 43.47 +11.89 13 22 +2
Republican Coalition (PRR–UFNR) 36,162 38.83 +0.58 12 23 −1
Independent Catalan Nationalist Republicans (Rep.nac.cat) 3,556 3.82 −6.64 0 0 ±0
Liberal Party (PL) 2,841 3.05 −6.64 0 3 −1
Traditionalist Communion (CT) 2,343 2.52 −2.99 1 2 ±0
Maurist Conservatives (M) 1,600 1.72 New 0 0 ±0
Independents (Indep) 6,135 6.59 +6.59 0 0 ±0
Total 93,119 100.00 26 50 −
Source:[3]
Vote share
LR
 
 43.47%
PRR-UFNR
 
 38.83%
Rep.nac.cat
 
 3.82%
PL
 
 3.05%
CT
 
 2.52%
M
 
 1.72%
Others
 
 6.59%
City council seats up for election
LR
 
 50.00%
PRR-UFNR
 
 46.15%
CT
 
 3.85%

Results by district[]

District LR PRR–UFNR Rep.nac.cat PL CT M Oth.
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 12.0 − 53.5 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 34.5 −
II La Ribera 54.6 2 37.9 1 0.0 − 7.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
III Barri Gòtic 63.1 2 13.4 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 17.1 1 5.9 − 0.5 −
IV Dreta de l'Eixample 58.3 2 29.1 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 10.0 − 2.5 −
V Raval 39.8 1 53.1 2 0.9 − 6.3 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 62.6 2 37.4 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
VII Sants-Poble Sec 16.1 1 50.6 3 12.8 − 5.3 − 6.4 − 0.0 − 8.8 −
VIII Gràcia 49.5 2 33.8 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 1.3 − 15.4 −
IX Sant Andreu−Horta 27.4 1 26.2 1 10.8 − 13.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 22.7 −
X Sant Martí 36.8 − 41.7 1 21.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
Total 43.5 13 38.8 12 3.8 − 3.1 − 2.5 1 1.7 − 6.6 −

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
  2. ^ "Ley electoral" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1907.
  3. ^ La Veu de Catalunya, 15-11-1917, p.5[permanent dead link]
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