1915 Barcelona City Council election

The 1915 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 14 November 1915, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 25 out of 50 seats were up for election. 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.http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1877/277/A00039-00046.pdf Ley municipal 1877 Gaceta de Madrid 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.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 14 November 1915 Barcelona City Council election results → center Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won Total +/− Radical Republican Party (PRR) 32,942 37.88 +8.90 9 20 −1 Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 27,465 31.58 +2.60 9 20 +2 Independent Catalan Nationalist Republicans (Rep.nac.cat) 9,097 10.46 New 3 3 +3 Liberal Party (PL) 8,428 9.69 +4.40 3 4 +3 Traditionalist Communion (CT) 4,796 5.51 −5.99 1 2 ±0 Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 2,501 2.88 New 0 0 ±0 Social Defence Committee (CDS) 1,374 1.58 New 0 0 −1 Republican Nationalist Federal Union (UFNR) 317 0.36 −17.24 0 1 −4 Independents 47 0.05 +0.05 0 0 ±0 Total 86,967 100.00 25 50 − Source:http://mdc2.cbuc.cat/cdm/compoundobject/collection/veup1/id/37696/rec/21 La Veu de Catalunya, 15-11-1915, p.1 2018-01-19 2018-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235504/http://mdc2.cbuc.cat/cdm/compoundobject/collection/veup1/id/37696/rec/21 dead La Vanguardia, 19-11-1915, p.4 Vote share #ddd 600px 400px PRR Radical Republican Party 37.88 LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 31.58 Rep.nac.cat #F7B96F 10.46 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 9.69 CT Traditionalist Communion 5.51 PLC Conservative Party (Spain) 2.88 CDS #C2CCE7 1.58 UFNR #993366 0.36 Others #777777 0.05 City council seats up for election #ddd 600px 400px PRR Radical Republican Party 36.00 LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 36.00 Rep.nac.cat #F7B96F 12.00 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 12.00 CT Traditionalist Communion 4.00 Results by district District PRR LR Rep.nac.cat PL CT PLC CDS UFNR Oth. % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 56.9 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 43.1 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − II La Ribera 42.6 1 46.9 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 3.6 − 7.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − III Barri Gòtic 19.9 − 37.8 1 0.0 − 10.0 − 24.2 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 7.2 − 1.1 − IV Dreta de l'Eixample 0.0 − 29.2 1 33.3 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 13.9 − 23.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − V Raval 56.0 2 36.8 1 4.4 − 2.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 43.6 1 56.4 2 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VII Sants-Poble Sec 37.2 2 15.0 − 19.1 1 15.0 1 13.7 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VIII Gràcia 40.1 1 45.4 2 0.0 − 6.6 − 0.9 − 7.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − IX Sant Andreu−Horta 35.1 − 24.8 1 10.3 − 29.9 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − X Sant Martí 28.6 1 18.6 − 38.2 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 14.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − Total 37.9 9 31.6 9 10.5 3 9.7 3 5.5 1 2.9 − 1.6 − 0.4 − 0.1 − References 1915 Category:1910s in Barcelona Category:1915 in Catalonia