1913 Barcelona City Council election

none The 1913 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 9 November 1913, 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 9 November 1913 Barcelona City Council election results → center Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won Total +/− Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 30,766 29.31 N/A 11 18 +3 Radical Republican Party (PRR) 30,421 28.98 −3.39 11 21 −3 Republican Nationalist Federal Union (UFNR) 18,475 17.60 −11.08 1 5 −6 Traditionalist Communion (CT) 12,105 11.53 N/A 1 2 +1 Liberal Party (PL) 5,547 5.29 +3.33 1 1 +1 Reformist Party (PR) 5,296 5.05 New 0 2 ±0 Guild Union (UG) 2,344 2.23 New 0 0 ±0 Independents 1 0.00 ±0 0 0 ±0 Social Defence Committee (CDS) − 1 ±0 Total 104,955 100.00 25 50 − Source:La Veu de Catalunya, 14-11-1913, p.2 Vote share #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 29.31 PRR Radical Republican Party 28.98 UFNR #993366 17.60 CT Traditionalist Communion 11.53 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 5.29 PR Reformist Party (Spain) 5.05 UG #A46868 2.23 Others #777777 0.00 City council seats up for election #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 44.00 PRR Radical Republican Party 44.00 UFNR #993366 4.00 CT Traditionalist Communion 4.00 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 4.00 Results by district District LR PRR UFNR CT PL PR UG Oth. % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 0.0 − 52.0 1 30.2 − 0.0 − 12.4 − 0.0 − 5.4 − 0.0 − II La Ribera 33.1 2 24.7 1 17.5 − 10.6 − 7.4 − 6.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − III Barri Gòtic 47.0 2 9.3 − 9.6 − 22.9 1 3.3 − 5.1 − 2.7 − 0.0 − IV Dreta de l'Eixample 35.1 2 22.6 1 15.9 − 19.3 − 0.0 − 6.0 − 1.0 − 0.0 − V Raval 25.5 1 40.5 2 17.0 − 7.4 − 0.0 − 4.8 − 4.8 − 0.0 − VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 36.4 2 25.0 1 17.9 − 11.1 − 2.5 − 6.2 − 0.9 − 0.0 − VII Sants-Poble Sec 17.9 − 31.9 2 13.3 − 9.9 − 18.6 1 8.3 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VIII Gràcia 28.6 1 29.2 2 23.6 − 8.0 − 0.7 − 0.0 − 9.8 − 0.0 − IX Sant Andreu−Horta 35.1 1 24.4 − 30.7 1 8.6 − 0.0 − 1.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − X Sant Martí 0.0 − 79.1 1 16.0 − 4.9 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − Total 29.3 11 29.0 11 17.6 1 11.5 1 5.3 1 5.0 − 2.2 − 0.0 − References 1913 Category:1910s in Barcelona Category:1913 in Catalonia Category:1913 in Spain