Barcelona City Council election, 1991
Barcelona City Council election, 1991
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All 43 seats in the Barcelona City Council
22 seats needed for a majority |
| Registered |
1,381,126  2.9% |
| Turnout |
766,622 (55.5%)
 13.4 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Pasqual Maragall |
Josep Maria Cullell |
| Party |
PSC |
CiU |
| Leader since |
2 December 1982 |
1987 |
| Last election |
21 seats, 43.6% |
17 seats, 35.5% |
| Seats won |
20 |
16 |
| Seat change |
1 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
328,282 |
260,344 |
| Percentage |
42.9% |
34.1% |
| Swing |
0.7 pp |
1.4 pp |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Enrique Lacalle |
Eulàlia Vintró |
| Party |
PPC |
IC |
| Leader since |
1987 |
1987 |
| Last election |
3 seats, 7.6%[lower-alpha 1] |
2 seats, 5.2% |
| Seats won |
4 |
3 |
| Seat change |
1 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
74,804 |
49,034 |
| Percentage |
9.8% |
6.4% |
| Swing |
2.2 pp |
1.2 pp |
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The 1991 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake were all 43 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:
| Inhabitants |
Seats |
| <250 |
5 |
| 251–1,000 |
7 |
| 1,001–2,000 |
9 |
| 2,001–5,000 |
11 |
| 5,001–10,000 |
13 |
| 10,001–20,000 |
17 |
| 20,001–50,000 |
21 |
| 50,001–100,000 |
25 |
Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 1991 election was 1,707,286, the Barcelona City Council size was set to 43 seats.
All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.
The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.[1]
Results
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Barcelona City Council election results →
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| Party |
Vote |
Seats |
| Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) |
328,282 | 42.95 | 0.66 |
20 | 1 |
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Convergence and Union (CiU) |
260,344 | 34.06 | 1.40 |
16 | 1 |
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People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)[lower-alpha 1] |
74,804 | 9.79 | 2.23 |
4 | 1 |
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Initiative for Catalonia (IC) |
49,034 | 6.42 | 1.26 |
3 | 1 |
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Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) |
19,629 | 2.57 | 0.26 |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
6,454 | 0.84 | 2.54 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens Ecologist-Humanist List (LVLE-H) |
6,120 | 0.80 | 0.70 |
0 | ±0 |
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Green Barcelona (BV) |
5,749 | 0.75 | 0.02 |
0 | ±0 |
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Communists' Party of Catalonia (PCC) |
3,168 | 0.41 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST) |
1,308 | 0.17 | New |
0 | ±0 |
| Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote |
2,472 |
0.32 |
– |
0 |
±0 |
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Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) |
532 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
0 | ±0 |
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Evangelical Social Action Party (PASE) |
514 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Alternative for Barcelona (ApB) |
428 | 0.06 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Alliance for the Republic (AR) |
296 | 0.04 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Radical Centre of Catalonia (CRC) |
294 | 0.04 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Left Platform (PI) |
210 | 0.03 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Catalan Centrist Unity (UCC-PED) |
198 | 0.03 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
7,016 | 0.92 | 0.17 |
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| Total |
764,339 | 100.00 | |
43 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes |
764,339 | 99.70 | 0.48 |
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| Invalid votes |
2,283 | 0.30 | 0.48 |
| Votes cast / turnout |
766,622 | 55.51 | 13.42 |
| Abstentions |
614,504 | 44.49 | 13.42 |
| Registered voters |
1,381,126 | |
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| Source: Ministry of the Interior |
| Vote share |
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| PSC-PSOE |
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42.95% |
| CiU |
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34.06% |
| PPC |
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9.79% |
| IC |
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6.42% |
| ERC |
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2.57% |
| Others |
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3.30% |
| Blank ballots |
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0.92% |
| City council seats |
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| PSC-PSOE |
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46.51% |
| CiU |
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37.21% |
| PPC |
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9.30% |
| IC |
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6.98% |
Notes
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