1903 Barcelona City Council election

none The 1903 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 8 November 1903, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 25 out of 50 seats were up for election. Horta was annexed to Barcelona by decree on 9 July 1903, but it didn't go into effect until 1 January 1904, when the elected members of this election took power. 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 the 1903 elections 25 seats were up for grabs. Additionally, any vacant seat would also be renewed.http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1877/277/A00039-00046.pdf Ley municipal 1877 Gaceta de Madrid The municipality was divided into 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.http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1907/222/A00584-00592.pdf Ley electoral 1907 Gaceta de Madrid The Municipal Law allowed the King of Spain to elect directly the Mayor of Barcelona. Results + ← Summary of the 8 November 1903 Barcelona City Council election results → center Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won Total +/− Republican Union (UR) 47,892 71.26 − 18 29 +12 Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 18,552 27.60 − 7 17 ±0 Independents 768 1.14 − 0 0 −3 Liberal Party (PL) − 4 −4 Total 67,212 100.00 25 50 − Source:http://mdc2.cbuc.cat/cdm/compoundobject/collection/veup1/id/10126/rec/21 La Veu de Catalunya, 13-11-1903, p.1 2018-01-20 2018-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124210/http://mdc2.cbuc.cat/cdm/compoundobject/collection/veup1/id/10126/rec/21 dead La Vanguardia, 13-11-1903, p.2 Vote share #ddd 600px 400px UR Republican Union (Spain, 1903) 71.26 LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 27.60 Others #777777 1.14 City council seats up for election #ddd 600px 400px UR Republican Union (Spain, 1903) 72.00 LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 28.00 Results by district District UR LR Oth. % S % S % S I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 67.8 2 25.5 − 6.7 − II La Ribera 59.5 1 40.5 1 0.0 − III Barri Gòtic 36.5 1 63.5 1 0.0 − IV Dreta de l'Eixample 53.1 1 46.9 1 0.0 − V Raval 69.4 2 30.6 1 0.0 − VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 60.1 2 38.2 1 1.7 − VII Sants-Poble Sec 85.2 3 14.8 1 0.0 − VIII Gràcia 76.2 2 23.8 1 0.0 − IX Sant Andreu−Horta 84.8 2 0.0 − 15.2 − X Sant Martí 88.3 2 11.7 − 0.0 − Total 71.3 18 27.6 7 1.1 − References 1903 Category:1900s in Barcelona Category:1903 in Catalonia