1920 Barcelona City Council election

The 1920 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 8 February 1920, 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.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 8 February 1920 Barcelona City Council election results → center Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won Total +/− Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 38,238 39.29 −4.18 14 26 +2 Radical Republican Party (PRR) 27,822 28.58 N/A 5 16 −7 National Monarchical Union (UMN) 6,681 6.86 +5.14 2 2 ±0 Catalan Republican Party (PRC) 5,758 5.92 New 0 0 ±0 Traditionalist Communion (CT) 5,659 5.81 +3.29 2 3 ±0 Liberal Party (PL) 4,167 4.28 +1.23 1 1 −2 Independent Catalan Nationalists (Nac.cat.i) 2,513 2.58 New 1 1 +1 Republican Nationalist Federal Union (UFNR) 1,515 1.56 N/A 0 0 ±0 Reformist Party (PR) 1,138 1.17 New 0 0 ±0 Independent Catalan Nationalist Republicans (Rep.nac.cat) 1,042 1.07 −2.75 0 0 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 512 0.53 New 0 0 ±0 Independents (Indep) 2,288 2.35 −4.24 1 1 +1 Total 97,333 100.00 26 50 − Source:La Veu de Catalunya, 9-2-1920, p.7 Vote share #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 39.29 PRR Radical Republican Party 28.58 UNM #000000 6.86 PRC #CC734C 5.92 CT Traditionalist Communion 5.81 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 4.28 Nac.cat.i #FFF673 2.58 UFNR #993366 1.56 PR Reformist Party (Spain) 1.17 Rep.nac.cat #F7B96F 1.07 PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 0.53 Others #777777 2.35 City council seats up for election #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 53.85 PRR Radical Republican Party 19.23 UNM #000000 7.69 CT Traditionalist Communion 7.69 PL Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) 3.85 Nac.cat.i #FFF673 3.85 Others #777777 3.85 Results by district District LR PRR UNM PRC CT PL Nac.cat.i UFNR PR Rep.nac.cat PSOE Oth. % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 32.8 1 38.7 1 20.5 − 2.7 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 4.9 − 0.0 − 0.4 − 0.0 − 0.0 − II La Ribera 41.7 1 23.2 1 12.4 − 7.0 − 10.4 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 5.5 − 0.0 − III Barri Gòtic 36.3 1 16.2 − 16.4 − 5.1 − 21.9 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 4.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − IV Dreta de l'Eixample 46.7 1 20.1 − 22.7 1 10.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − V Raval 43.7 2 44.6 1 4.4 − 7.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 60.5 3 20.9 − 8.3 1 3.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.4 − 5.2 − 0.0 − 1.1 − 0.0 − VII Sants-Poble Sec 17.8 1 34.8 1 0.0 − 9.7 − 15.7 1 15.8 1 0.0 − 4.7 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 1.6 − VIII Gràcia 51.0 2 17.0 − 6.8 − 3.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 21.4 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − IX Sant Andreu−Horta 28.1 1 19.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 11.1 − 0.0 − 41.4 1 X Sant Martí 29.0 1 63.4 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 7.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − Total 39.3 14 28.6 5 6.9 2 5.9 − 5.8 2 4.3 1 2.6 1 1.6 − 1.2 − 1.1 − 0.5 − 2.4 1 References 1920 Category:1920s in Barcelona Category:1920 in Catalonia