May 1909 Barcelona City Council election
The May 1909 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 2 May 1909, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 28 out of 50 seats were up for election (3 were vacant seats).
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
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| Party | Vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | Total | +/− | ||
| Radical Republican Party (PRR) | 63,231 | 40.48 | −7.84 | 16 | 25 | −6 | |
| Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF) | 45,223 | 28.95 | +23.81 | 8 | 11 | +11 | |
| Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) | 38,728 | 24.80 | −11.38 | 4 | 14 | −5 | |
| Committee for Social Defense (DS) | 6,949 | 4.45 | +1.38 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Traditionalist Communion (CT) | 1,233 | 0.79 | New | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Party (PL) | 578 | 0.37 | N/A | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Republicans (Rep.i) | 245 | 0.16 | −1.11 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 156,187 | 100.00 | 28 | 50 | − | ||
| Source:[3] | |||||||
Results by district
| District | PRR | PRDF | LR | DS | CT | PL | Rep.i | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| I Barceloneta−El Poblenou | 65.3 | 2 | 17.4 | − | 14.5 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 2.8 | − | 0.0 | − |
| II La Ribera | 34.6 | 1 | 25.8 | − | 29.1 | 1 | 5.8 | − | 0.0 | − | 4.8 | − | 0.0 | − |
| III Barri Gòtic | 19.3 | − | 32.1 | 2 | 30.5 | 1 | 9.4 | − | 8.8 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| IV Dreta de l'Eixample | 29.0 | 1 | 27.1 | − | 31.1 | 1 | 12.8 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| V Raval | 46.7 | 2 | 28.4 | 1 | 22.2 | − | 2.7 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| VI Esquerra de l'Eixample | 36.8 | 2 | 29.4 | 1 | 26.3 | − | 7.5 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| VII Sants-Poble Sec | 49.5 | 3 | 28.8 | 2 | 20.6 | − | 1.1 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| VIII Gràcia | 37.5 | 3 | 32.3 | 1 | 26.1 | − | 4.1 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| IX Sant Andreu−Horta | 37.2 | 1 | 32.6 | 1 | 30.2 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − |
| X Sant Martí | 53.4 | 1 | 20.8 | − | 20.9 | 1 | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 4.9 | − |
| Total | 40.5 | 16 | 29.0 | 8 | 24.8 | 4 | 4.4 | − | 0.8 | − | 0.4 | − | 0.2 | − |
References
- "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
- "Ley electoral" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1907.
- La Veu de Catalunya, 7-5-1909, p.2
