The 1983 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1983 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the municipality of Barcelona and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed listproportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council.[1][2][3] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
Population
Councillors
<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
>100,001
+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the eldest one would be elected.[1][2]
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3]
Opinion pollsedit
The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.
Voting intention estimatesedit
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 22 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.
^"El PSC-PSOE gana en Cataluña, y en Barcelona con coalición". El País (in Spanish). 1 May 1983.
^"Ficha técnica de los sondeos". El País (in Spanish). 1 May 1983.
^"Preelectoral municipales y autonómicas 1983 (III). Barcelona capital (Estudio nº 1351. Marzo 1983)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 25 March 1983.
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^ abc"Ley Orgánica 6/1983, de 2 de marzo, por la que se modifican determinados artículos de la Ley 39/1978, de 17 de julio, de Elecciones Locales". Organic Law No. 6 of 2 March 1983. Retrieved 1 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ abc"Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977. Retrieved 1 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ ab"Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. October 1982. Barcelona Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ ab"Electoral results. Parliament of Catalonia election 1980. Barcelona (Municipality)". Government of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^"Election Results. Municipal Elections 1983. Barcelona". Government of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^"Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1983. Barcelona Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^"Eleccions municipals a Barcelona (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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The 1983 Barcelona City Council election also the 1983 Barcelona municipal election was held on Sunday 8 May 1983 to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality of Barcelona All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain 1983 Barcelona City Council election 1979 8 May 1983 1987 All 43 seats in the City Council of Barcelona22 seats needed for a majorityOpinion pollsRegistered1 359 589 8 2 Turnout916 684 67 4 13 1 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Pasqual Maragall Ramon Trias Alexandre PedrosParty PSC PSOE CiU AP PDP PLLeader since 2 December 1982 1983 1983Last election 16 seats 34 0 8 seats 18 6 0 seats 3 0 a Seats won 21 13 6Seat change 5 5 6Popular vote 412 991 246 780 117 052Percentage 45 8 27 4 13 0 Swing 11 8 pp 8 8 pp 10 0 pp Fourth party Leader Jordi Sole TuraParty PSUCLeader since 1983Last election 9 seats 18 9 Seats won 3Seat change 6Popular vote 62 421Percentage 6 9 Swing 12 0 ppMayor before electionPasqual MaragallPSC Elected Mayor Pasqual MaragallPSC Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Opinion polls 2 1 Voting intention estimates 2 2 Voting preferences 3 Results 4 Notes 5 ReferencesElectoral system editThe City Council of Barcelona Catalan Ajuntament de Barcelona Spanish Ayuntamiento de Barcelona was the top tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Barcelona composed of the mayor the government council and the elected plenary assembly 1 2 3 Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age registered in the municipality of Barcelona and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights Local councillors were elected using the D Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes which included blank ballots being applied in each local council 1 2 3 Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale Population Councillors lt 250 5251 1 000 71 001 2 000 92 001 5 000 115 001 10 000 1310 001 20 000 1720 001 50 000 2150 001 100 000 25 gt 100 001 1 per each 100 000 inhabitants or fraction 1 if total is an even numberThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors or else the candidate of the most voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post In the event of a tie the eldest one would be elected 1 2 The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates 3 Opinion polls editThe tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done as opposed to the date of publication Where the fieldwork dates are unknown the date of publication is given instead The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party s colour If a tie ensues this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages The Lead column on the right shows the percentage point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll Voting intention estimates edit The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages while question wording and the treatment of don t know responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations When available seat projections determined by the polling organisations are also displayed below or in place of the voting estimates in a smaller font 22 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona Polling firm Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Lead1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 67 4 45 821 6 93 27 413 3 90 13 06 18 4Sofemasa El Pais p 1 p 2 23 26 Apr 1983 43 720 21 8 94 5 22 111 12 5 62 11 05 21 61982 general election 4 28 Oct 1982 81 0 40 9 22 4 5 0 23 3 12 1 6 0 4 5 0 18 6 b 9 17 61980 regional election 5 20 Mar 1980 57 9 20 9 10 16 1 8 28 7 15 10 2 5 10 8 5 3 9 b 0 7 81979 municipal election 3 Apr 1979 54 3 34 016 18 99 18 68 16 78 5 22 3 0 b 0 15 1Voting preferences edit The table below lists raw unweighted voting preferences Polling firm Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp N Lead1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 30 4 4 6 18 2 2 6 8 6 0 6 32 6 12 2Alef Emopublica CIS p 3 17 25 Mar 1983 517 41 6 3 3 11 1 2 1 4 8 0 2 26 2 7 0 30 51982 general election 4 28 Oct 1982 32 8 3 6 18 7 1 3 3 6 14 9 b 1 9 19 0 14 11980 regional election 5 20 Mar 1980 12 0 9 3 16 5 5 9 6 2 2 2 b 42 1 4 51979 municipal election 3 Apr 1979 18 4 10 2 10 1 9 0 2 8 1 6 b 45 7 8 2Results edit Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Barcelona election results nbsp Parties and alliances Popular vote SeatsVotes pp Total Socialists Party of Catalonia PSC PSOE 412 991 45 80 11 75 21 5Convergence and Union CiU 246 780 27 37 8 78 13 5People s Coalition AP PDP UL 1 117 052 12 98 9 98 6 6Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia PSUC 62 421 6 92 11 98 3 6Republican Left of Catalonia ERC 34 777 3 86 1 37 0 2Party of the Communists of Catalonia PCC 9 653 1 07 New 0 0Democratic and Social Centre CDS 8 518 0 94 New 0 0Workers Socialist Party PST 2 699 0 30 New 0 0Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO FE JONS 1 194 0 13 New 0 0Revolutionary Workers Party of Spain PORE 864 0 10 New 0 0Popular Struggle Coalition CLP 848 0 09 New 0 0Conservatives of Catalonia CiC 0 0 00 New 0 0Centrists of Catalonia CC UCD n a n a 16 73 0 8Blank ballots 3 847 0 43 0 11Total 901 644 43 0Valid votes 901 644 98 36 1 27Invalid votes 15 040 1 64 1 27Votes cast turnout 916 684 67 42 13 15Abstentions 442 905 32 58 13 15Registered voters 1 359 589Sources 6 7 8 Footnotes 1 People s Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election Popular votePSC PSOE 45 80 CiU 27 37 AP PDP UL 12 98 PSUC 6 92 ERC 3 86 PCC 1 07 Others 1 57 Blank ballots 0 43 SeatsPSC PSOE 48 84 CiU 30 23 AP PDP UL 13 95 PSUC 6 98 Notes edit Data for CD in the 1979 election a b c d e f Results for CD 1979 SC 1980 and AP PDP 1982 References editOpinion poll sources El PSC PSOE gana en Cataluna y en Barcelona con coalicion El Pais in Spanish 1 May 1983 Ficha tecnica de los sondeos El Pais in Spanish 1 May 1983 Preelectoral municipales y autonomicas 1983 III Barcelona capital Estudio nº 1351 Marzo 1983 PDF CIS in Spanish 25 March 1983 Other a b c Ley 39 1978 de 17 de julio de elecciones locales Law No 39 of 17 July 1978 Retrieved 1 July 2020 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c Ley Organica 6 1983 de 2 de marzo por la que se modifican determinados articulos de la Ley 39 1978 de 17 de julio de Elecciones Locales Organic Law No 6 of 2 March 1983 Retrieved 1 July 2020 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c Real Decreto ley 20 1977 de 18 de marzo sobre Normas Electorales Royal Decree Law No 20 of 18 March 1977 Retrieved 1 July 2020 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b Electoral Results Consultation Congress October 1982 Barcelona Municipality Ministry of the Interior in Spanish Retrieved 12 November 2017 a b Electoral results Parliament of Catalonia election 1980 Barcelona Municipality Government of Catalonia in Catalan Retrieved 13 July 2020 Election Results Municipal Elections 1983 Barcelona Government of Catalonia in Catalan Retrieved 12 November 2017 Electoral Results Consultation Municipal May 1983 Barcelona Municipality Ministry of the Interior in Spanish Retrieved 12 November 2017 Eleccions municipals a Barcelona 1979 2015 Historia Electoral com in Catalan Retrieved 30 September 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 Barcelona City Council election amp oldid 1106440349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
