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 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 ±0Blank 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 I Barceloneta−Ciutat Vella45.545.36.80.50.90.20.6 II Poble-sec−Montjuïc58.530.29.30.60.60.20.5 III Les Corts−Sarrià34.660.73.10.30.70.10.3 IV Dreta de l'Eixample33.459.74.90.30.60.30.6 V Raval56.432.18.31.10.70.40.8 VI Esquerra de l'Eixample36.755.56.30.10.70.10.4 VII Hostafrancs−Sants61.330.16.50.60.40.20.7 VIII Gràcia50.542.85.10.20.60.10.5 IX Sant Andreu−Horta60.730.86.30.40.50.30.9 X Sant Martí63.425.98.70.60.40.20.7 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 PalauApèndix 2. Eleccions municipals de 1934 , p. 2. Raimon Soler Becerro
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