1922 Barcelona City Council election

The 1922 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 5 February 1922, 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, but it was not the case in these elections.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 5 February 1922 Barcelona City Council election results → center Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won Total +/− Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 36,756 45.16 +5.87 15 28 +2 Radical Republican Party (PRR) 29,282 35.98 +7.40 8 14 -3 National Monarchical Union (UMN) 5,994 7.36 +0.50 0 3 ±0 Traditionalist Communion (CT) 2,911 3.58 -2.23 2 4 +1 Independents (Indep) 6,450 7.92 +5.57 0 1 ±0 Total 81,393 100.00 25 50 − Source La Veu de Catalunya, 9-2-1922, p.9 Vote share #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 45.16 PRR Radical Republican Party 35.98 UNM #000000 7.36 CT Traditionalist Communion 3.58 Others #777777 7.92 City council seats up for election #ddd 600px 400px LR Regionalist League of Catalonia 60.00 PRR Radical Republican Party 32.00 CT Traditionalist Communion 8.00 Results by district District LR PRR UNM CT Oth. % S % S % S % S % S I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 34.3 − 63.5 1 2.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − II La Ribera 51.1 2 38.7 1 10.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − III Barri Gòtic 50.2 2 11.0 − 16.0 − 22.8 1 0.0 − IV Dreta de l'Eixample 43.9 2 7.9 − 15.6 − 19.8 1 12.8 − V Raval 33.1 1 62.1 2 4.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 − VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 53.2 2 24.5 1 12.8 − 0.0 − 9.5 − VII Sants-Poble Sec 37.6 1 53.1 2 0.0 − 0.0 − 9.4 − VIII Gràcia 63.6 3 8.6 − 12.8 − 0.0 − 15.1 − IX Sant Andreu−Horta 37.3 1 35.3 1 0.0 − 0.0 − 27.5 − X Sant Martí 45.5 1 54.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − Total 45.2 15 36.0 8 7.4 − 3.6 2 7.9 − References 1922 Category:1920s in Barcelona Category:1922 in Catalonia Category:1922 elections in Spain Category:February 1922 in Europe