| Election Name: | 1931 Barcelona City Council election |
| Country: | Barcelona |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1922 Barcelona City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1922 |
| Next Election: | 1934 Barcelona City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1934 |
| Seats For Election: | All 50 seats in the Barcelona City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 12 April 1931 |
| Leader1: | Lluís Companys |
| Leader Since1: | 1931 |
| Party1: | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Seats1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 42,762 |
| Percentage1: | 30.7% |
| Leader2: | Joan Antoni Güell i López |
| Color2: | 008080 |
| Leader Since2: | 1930 |
| Party2: | Regionalist League |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 30,056 |
| Percentage2: | 21.6% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Joan Antoni Güell i López |
| Before Party: | Regionalist League |
| After Election: | Jaume Aiguader i Miró |
| After Party: | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Map Size: | 250px |
The 1931 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 12 April 1931, to elect the Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. This was the first election under the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. At stake were all 50 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona. The election was perceived as a plebiscite on Spanish Monarchy. The results lead to the Second Spanish Republic.
The number of seats of each council was determined by the population count. According to the 1877 municipal law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:[1]
| Population | Seats | Population | Seats | Population | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <500 | 6 | 16,001–18,000 | 21 | 55,001–60,000 | 36 | ||
| 501–800 | 7 | 18,001–20,000 | 22 | 60,001–65,000 | 37 | ||
| 801–1,000 | 8 | 20,001–22,000 | 23 | 65,001–70,000 | 38 | ||
| 1,001–2,000 | 9 | 22,001–24,000 | 24 | 70,001–75,000 | 39 | ||
| 2,001–3,000 | 10 | 24,001–26,000 | 25 | 75,001–80,000 | 40 | ||
| 3,001–4,000 | 11 | 26,001–28,000 | 26 | 80,001–85,000 | 41 | ||
| 4,001–5,000 | 12 | 28,001–30,000 | 27 | 85,001–90,000 | 42 | ||
| 5,001–6,000 | 13 | 30,001–32,000 | 28 | 90,001–95,000 | 43 | ||
| 6,001–7,000 | 14 | 32,001–34,000 | 29 | 95,001–100,000 | 44 | ||
| 7,001–8,000 | 15 | 34,001–36,000 | 30 | 100,001–120,000 | 45 | ||
| 8,001–9,000 | 16 | 36,001–38,000 | 31 | 120,001–140,000 | 46 | ||
| 9,001–10,000 | 17 | 38,001–40,000 | 32 | 140,001–160,000 | 47 | ||
| 10,001–12,000 | 18 | 40,001–45,000 | 33 | 160,001–180,000 | 48 | ||
| 12,001–14,000 | 19 | 45,001–50,000 | 34 | 180,001–200,000 | 49 | ||
| 14,001–16,000 | 20 | 50,001–55,000 | 35 | >200,001 | 50 |
The 1907 election law established that councillors should be elected in districts consisting of 4 members, although 3 to 7 member districts were also allowed. Voters had to choose multiple candidates using limited voting, which allows a voter to vote for fewer candidates than members have to be elected. Candidates winning a plurality of votes in each district were elected. If the number of candidates was equal or fewer than the number of seats to be filled, candidates were automatically proclaimed without an election.Voting was compulsory, but not enforced, and on the basis of universal manhood suffrage, with males over twenty-five and at least a two-year residency in a municipality required to vote.Mayors were elected indirectly by the city or town council on the first session after the election.[2]
| Party | Vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | |||
| Republican Left (ERC-USC) | 42,762 | 30,74 | − | 25 | − | ||
| Regionalist League (LR) | 30,056 | 21.61 | − | 12 | − | ||
| Republican-Socialist Coalition (PRR-PSOE) | 28,561 | 20.53 | − | 12 | − | ||
| Autonomous Republicans (Rep.A) | 5,322 | 3.83 | − | 1 | − | ||
| Republican Catalan Action (ACR) | 18,132 | 13.04 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Spanish Patriotic Union (UP) | 3,952 | 2.84 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Liberal Party (PL) | 2,445 | 1.76 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Independents | 2,356 | 1.69 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Dissident radicals (Rad.D) | 2,270 | 1.63 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC) | 1,707 | 1.23 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Traditionalist Communion (TC) | 1,216 | 0.87 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Social Republican (Rep.S) | 187 | 0.13 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Radio Communist (Com.Rad) | 129 | 0.09 | − | 0 | − | ||
| Total | 139,095 | 100.00 | 50 | − | |||
| Source: La Veu de Catalunya, 14/04/1931 p. 4 | |||||||
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| I Barceloneta−Ciutat Vella | 21.0 | − | 30.4 | 3 | 30.3 | 2 | 14.1 | − | 0.0 | − | 3.1 | − | 1.2 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| II Poble-sec−Montjuïc | 36.5 | 3 | 13.9 | − | 28.0 | 2 | 12.9 | − | 8.3 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.4 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| III Les Corts−Sarrià | 23.9 | 1 | 29.7 | 2 | 7.7 | − | 23.0 | − | 14.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.1 | − | 1.7 | − | |||||||||||||||
| IV Dreta de l'Eixample | 24.3 | 2 | 30.4 | 4 | 13.3 | − | 16.1 | − | 9.9 | − | 0.8 | − | 5.2 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| V Raval | 28.9 | 4 | 13.6 | − | 22.3 | 2 | 14.3 | − | 4.4 | − | 0.1 | − | 16.4 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| VI Esquerra de l'Eixample | 33.1 | 3 | 28.0 | 1 | 12.4 | − | 17.2 | − | 7.0 | − | 2.2 | − | 0.0 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| VII Hostafrancs−Sants | 41.8 | 4 | 12.5 | − | 21.9 | 2 | 9.9 | − | 2.0 | − | 1.4 | − | 1.9 | − | 8.5 | − | |||||||||||||||
| VIII Gràcia | 33.0 | 3 | 24.7 | 2 | 22.3 | − | 13.2 | − | 4.2 | − | 1.2 | − | 0.2 | − | 1.3 | − | |||||||||||||||
| IX Sant Andreu−Horta | 36.7 | 4 | 13.6 | − | 14.9 | 1 | 7.6 | − | 8.2 | − | 17.9 | 1 | 1.0 | − | 0.0 | − | |||||||||||||||
| X Sant Martí | 24.3 | 1 | 24.3 | − | 29.1 | 3 | 7.0 | − | 0.0 | − | 9.5 | − | 0.6 | − | 5.2 | − | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 30.7 | 25 | 21.6 | 12 | 20.5 | 12 | 13.0 | − | 5.5 | − | 3.8 | 1 | 3.1 | − | 1.7 | − | |||||||||||||||