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1905 Barcelona City Council election

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The 1905 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 12 November 1905, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 26 out of 50 seats were up for election (1 was a by-election for a vacant seat).

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. 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.

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

Results

← Summary of the 12 November 1905 Barcelona City Council election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won Total +/−
Republican Union Party (PUR) 29,724 47.82 −23.44 14 31 +2
Regionalist League of Catalonia (LR) 22,491 36.18 −8.58 12 19 +2
Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF) 3,198 5.14 New 0 0 ±0
Independent Republicans (Rep.i) 2,852 4.59 New 0 0 ±0
Committee for Social Defense (DS) 1,907 3.07 New 0 0 ±0
Monarchists (Mon.) 966 1.55 N/A 0 0 −4
Independent Catalan Nationalist Republicans (Rep.nac.cat) 235 0.38 New 0 0 ±0
Independents 789 1.27 +0.13 0 0 ±0
Total 62,162 100.00 26 50 −
Source:
Vote share
PUR   47.82%
LR   36.18%
PRDF   5.14%
Rep.i   4.59%
DS   3.07%
Mon.   1.55%
Rep.nac.cat   0.38%
Others   1.27%
City council seats up for election
PUR   53.85%
LR   46.15%

Results by district

District PUR LR PRDF Rep.i DS Mon. Rep.nac.cat Oth.
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
I Barceloneta−El Poblenou 66.4 1 0.0 − 23.5 − 0.0 − 10.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
II La Ribera 35.0 1 46.4 2 4.1 − 7.7 − 0.0 − 6.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
III Barri Gòtic 22.3 − 75.2 3 2.5 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
IV Dreta de l'Eixample 41.3 1 58.7 2 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
V Raval 59.7 2 20.6 1 12.0 − 2.9 − 0.0 − 4.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
VI Esquerra de l'Eixample 43.5 1 49.8 2 1.3 − 4.4 − 0.0 − 0.6 − 0.0 − 0.4 −
VII Sants-Poble Sec 73.3 3 0.0 − 10.1 − 0.0 − 16.6 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
VIII Gràcia 56.9 2 19.5 1 0.0 − 16.6 − 0.0 − 1.5 − 3.7 − 1.7 −
IX Sant Andreu−Horta 38.1 1 29.8 1 0.5 − 11.8 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 19.8 −
X Sant Martí 63.7 2 0.0 − 20.1 − 7.1 − 9.2 − 0.0 − 0.0 − 0.0 −
Total 47.8 14 36.2 12 5.1 − 4.6 − 3.1 − 1.6 − 0.4 − 1.3 −

References

  1. ^ "Ley municipal" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1877.
  2. "Ley electoral" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1907.
  3. "La Veu de Catalunya, 13-11-1905, p.2". Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  4. La Vanguardia, 17-11-1905, p.2
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