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1934 Barcelona City Council election
← 1931 14 January 1934 1979 →
All 40 seats in the Barcelona City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Carles Pi i Sunyer Lluís Duran Ventosa
Party Catalan Left Catalan League
Leader since 1934 1934
Last election 25 12
Seats won 26 10
Seat change Green arrow up1 Red arrow down2
Popular vote 162,476 133,710
Percentage 50.2% 41.3%
Results by district
Mayor before election

Jaume Aiguader i Miró
Republican Left of Catalonia

Elected Mayor

Carles Pi i Sunyer
Republican Left of Catalonia

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.

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.

Results

← Summary of the 14 January 1934 Barcelona City Council election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Catalan Left (ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE) 162,476 50.17 Green arrow up19.43 26 Green arrow up1
Catalan League (LC) 133,710 41.29 Green arrow up19.68 10 Red arrow down2
Radical Republican Party (PRR) 20,914 6.46 Red arrow down14.08 4 Red arrow down8
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC) 1,970 0.61 Red arrow down0.62 0 ±0
Catalan National Party (PNC) 1,929 0.60 Red arrow down12.44 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 Red arrow down10
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
Vote share
ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE   50.17%
LC   41.29%
PRR   6.46%
BOC   0.61%
ACR   0.60%
PCC   0.45%
EEF   0.19%
Blank ballots   0.23%
City council seats
ERC-USC-ACR-PNRE   65.00%
LR   25.00%
PRR   10.00%

Results by district

District ERC LC PRR BOC PNC PCC EEF
I Barceloneta−Ciutat Vella 45.5 45.3 6.8 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.6
II Poble-sec−Montjuïc 58.5 30.2 9.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.5
III Les Corts−Sarrià 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 Hostafrancs−Sants 61.3 30.1 6.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.7
VIII Gràcia 50.5 42.8 5.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.5
IX Sant Andreu−Horta 60.7 30.8 6.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.9
X Sant Martí 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 Martínez Cuenca (USC)
    • Jaume Vàchier 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 Martí (ACR)
    • Benet Mori i Ballester (ERC)
    • Antoni Oliva i Oliva (ERC)
    • Ricard Altaba i Planuc (PNRE)
    • Francesc Rosell i Montaner (USC)
    • Joan Codomí i Pujolar (ERC)
    • Josep Maria Masip i Izàbal (ERC)
    • Ramon Junyent i Vila (ERC)
    • Cristià Cortés i Lladó (ERC)
  • Catalan League (LC)
    • Lluís Duran Ventosa
    • Josep Codolà Gualdo
    • Frederic Roda Ventura
    • Octavi Saltor Soler
    • Xavier Calderó Coronas
    • Andreu Bausili Sanromà
    • 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

References

  1. "Llei municipal" (PDF). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 1933. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  2. Apèndix 2. Eleccions municipals de 1934, p. 2. Raimon Soler Becerro
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