1934 Barcelona City Council election
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The 1934 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 14 January 1934, to elect the Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona, together with the other 1,029 Catalan municipalities. At stake were all 40 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona. These were the first local elections where women were able to vote.
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14 January 1934
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All 40 seats in the Barcelona City Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
According to the 1932 Statute of Autonomy, the competences on local elections were devolved to the Catalan Government. The electoral system was determined by the Municipal Law. The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council consisted of 40 members.
All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using closed lists party block voting: the winning party in number of votes would win the 66% of the seats, the second party would win the 66% of the unfilled seats, and so on. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot.[1]
Results
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| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/â | ||
| Catalan Left (ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE) | 162,476 | 50.17 |  19.43 |
26 | 1 | |
| Catalan League (LC) | 133,710 | 41.29 | 19.68 |
10 |  2 | |
| Radical Republican Party (PRR) | 20,914 | 6.46 | 14.08 |
4 | 8 | |
| Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC) | 1,970 | 0.61 | 0.62 |
0 | ±0 | |
| Catalan National Party (PNC) | 1,929 | 0.60 | 12.44 |
0 | ±0 | |
| Catalan Communist Party (PCC) | 1,454 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Federal Far Left (EEF) | 619 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 755 | 0.23 | N/A | |||
| Total | 323,827 | 100.00 | 40 | 10 | ||
| Valid votes | 323,827 | 99.88 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 397 | 0.12 | N/A | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 324,224 | 56.82 | N/A | |||
| Abstentions | 246,345 | 43.18 | N/A | |||
| Registered voters | 570,569 | |||||
| Source: La vanguardia, 19-1-1934, p.6 | ||||||
Results by district
| District | ERC | LC | PRR | BOC | PNC | PCC | EEF |
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| I BarcelonetaâCiutat Vella | 45.5 | 45.3 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| II Poble-secâMontjuïc | 58.5 | 30.2 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| III Les CortsâSarrià | 34.6 | 60.7 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| IV Dreta de l'Eixample | 33.4 | 59.7 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| V Raval | 56.4 | 32.1 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| VI Esquerra de l'Eixample | 36.7 | 55.5 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| VII HostafrancsâSants | 61.3 | 30.1 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| VIII Grà cia | 50.5 | 42.8 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| IX Sant AndreuâHorta | 60.7 | 30.8 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| X Sant Martà | 63.4 | 25.9 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Total | 50.2 | 41.3 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Councillors elected
- Catalan Left (ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE)
- Carles Pi Sunyer (ERC)
- Jaume Serra Húnter (ERC)
- Estanislau Duran Reinals(ACR)
- Antoni Ventós Casadevall (ERC)
- Antoni Vilalta Vidal (PNRE)
- Marià MartÃnez Cuenca (USC)
- Jaume Và chier Pallé (ERC)
- Josep Escofet Andreu (ERC)
- Ferran Boter Mauri (ACR)
- Francesc Carbonell Vila (ERC)
- Hilari Salvadó Castell (ERC)
- Vicenç Bernades Biusà (ERC)
- Domènec Pla Blanco (ERC)
- Emili Granier Barrera (USC)
- Josep Gispert Vila (ERC)
- Francesc Godó i Roc (ERC)
- Tomàs Pumarola Julià (ACR)
- Ot Hurtado i Martà (ACR)
- Benet Mori i Ballester (ERC)
- Antoni Oliva i Oliva (ERC)
- Ricard Altaba i Planuc (PNRE)
- Francesc Rosell i Montaner (USC)
- Joan Codomà i Pujolar (ERC)
- Josep Maria Masip i Izà bal (ERC)
- Ramon Junyent i Vila (ERC)
- Cristià Cortés i Lladó (ERC)
- Catalan League (LC)
- LluÃs Duran Ventosa
- Josep Codolà Gualdo
- Frederic Roda Ventura
- Octavi Saltor Soler
- Xavier Calderó Coronas
- Andreu Bausili SanromÃ
- Francesc Vendrell Tiana
- Francesc de Sagarra de Castellarnau
- Joan Soler Janer
- Josep Maria Blanc Romeu
- Radical Republican Party (PRR)
- Luis Matutano Casanovas
- José Matheu Ferrer
- Pedro Domènech Seriñana
- Federico Frigola Palau[2]