1901 Barcelona City Council election

The 1901 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 10 November 1901, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 26 out of 50 seats were up for election (1 was a vacant seat).

Electoral system

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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.[1]

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

Results

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Summary of the 10 November 1901 Barcelona City Council election results
 
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won Total +/−
Republicans (Rep.) 21,869 38.69 11 12
Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 20,457 36.19 11 17
Liberal Party (PL) 13,889 24.57 4 8
National Union (UN) 177 0.31 0 0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 127 0.22 0 1
Liberal Conservative Party (PLC) 0 9
Independents 0 3
Total 56,519 100.00 26 50
Source:[2]
Vote share
Rep.
38.69%
LR
36.19%
PL
24.57%
UN
0.31%
PSOE
0.22%
City council seats up for election
Rep.
42.31%
LR
42.31%
PL
15.38%

Results by district

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District Rep. LR PL UN PSOE
% S % S % S % S % S
I BarcelonetaEl Poblenou 62.8 1 26.9 10.4 0.0 0.0
II La Ribera 20.8 50.6 2 26.5 1 0.0 2.0
III Barri Gòtic 14.3 62.2 3 22.8 0.7 0.0
IV Dreta de l'Eixample 30.6 1 60.4 2 9.0 0.0 0.0
V Raval 28.4 1 31.4 39.3 2 0.9 0.0
VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 33.2 1 40.1 2 25.8 0.8 0.0
VII Sants-Poble Sec 60.3 2 0.0 39.7 1 0.0 0.0
VIII Gràcia 50.7 2 49.3 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
IX Sant Andreu 58.3 2 16.6 1 25.2 0.0 0.0
X Sant Martí 74.3 1 0.0 25.7 0.0 0.0
Total 38.7 11 36.2 11 24.6 4 0.3 0.2

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
  2. ^ La Publicidad, 15-11-1901, p.1