1903 Barcelona City Council election

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 the 1903 elections 25 seats were up for grabs. Additionally, any vacant seat would also be renewed.^[1] The municipality was divided into 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]