1903 Barcelona City Council election

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 these elections 25 seats had to be renewed. Additionally, any vacant seat would also be renewed.[1] 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.[2]

The Municipal Law allowed the King of Spain to elect directly the Mayor of Barcelona.[1]

Results
← Summary of the 8 November 1903 Barcelona City Council election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won Total +/−
Republican Union Party (PUR) 47,89271.26− 1829+12
Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 18,55227.60− 717±0
Independents 7681.14− 00−3
Liberal Party (PL) −4−4
Total 67,212100.00 2550−
Source:[3][4]
Vote share
PUR
 
 71.26%
LR
 
 27.60%
Others
 
 1.14%
City council seats up for election
PUR
 
 72.00%
LR
 
 28.00%

Results by district
District PUR 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
  1. "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
  2. "Ley electoral" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1907.
  3. "La Veu de Catalunya, 13-11-1903, p.1". Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  4. La Vanguardia, 13-11-1903, p.2
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