The 1991 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1991 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th 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.
The 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] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2]
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 political rights, as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. 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] 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 appointee would be determined by lot.[1]
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 ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.[2]
Opinion pollsEdit
The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 22 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.
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The 1991 Barcelona City Council election also the 1991 Barcelona municipal election was held on Sunday 26 May 1991 to elect the 4th 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 1991 Barcelona City Council election 1987 26 May 1991 1995 All 43 seats in the City Council of Barcelona22 seats needed for a majorityOpinion pollsRegistered1 381 148 2 9 Turnout766 520 55 5 13 4 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Pasqual Maragall Josep Maria Cullell Enrique LacalleParty PSC PSOE CiU PPLeader since 2 December 1982 1987 1987Last election 21 seats 43 6 17 seats 35 5 3 seats 7 6 a Seats won 20 16 4Seat change 1 1 1Popular vote 328 282 260 344 74 804Percentage 42 9 34 1 9 8 Swing 0 7 pp 1 4 pp 2 2 pp Fourth party Leader Eulalia VintroParty Initiative for CataloniaLeader since 1987Last election 2 seats 5 2 Seats won 3Seat change 1Popular vote 49 034Percentage 6 4 Swing 1 2 ppMayor before electionPasqual MaragallPSC Elected Mayor Pasqual MaragallPSC Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Opinion polls 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 Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years 2 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 political rights as well as resident non nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty 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 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 appointee would be determined by lot 1 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 ten days of the election call whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates For the case of Barcelona as its population was over 1 000 001 at least 8 000 signatures were required 2 Opinion polls EditThe table below lists voting intention estimates 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 When available seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below or in place of the percentages 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 IC Lead1991 municipal election 26 May 1991 55 5 42 920 34 116 b 6 43 0 80 2 60 9 84 8 8DYM Cambio 16 p 1 20 May 1991 41 319 21 36 517 18 b 6 62 3 2 40 2 50 7 03 4 8Producciones Cinco Avui p 2 19 May 1991 3 800 40 620 36 718 b 5 82 3 10 8 13 3 9OTR IS El Periodico p 2 18 May 1991 800 43 821 22 32 815 16 b 6 73 3 50 7 93 11 0Opina La Vanguardia p 3 13 15 May 1991 1 501 44 621 22 34 516 17 b 6 72 3 1 00 4 00 7 83 4 10 1Metra Seis El Independiente p 1 p 2 12 May 1991 1 040 43 921 34 016 b 7 03 1 60 2 20 7 83 9 9Demoscopia El Pais p 1 p 4 p 5 4 7 May 1991 752 42 521 36 117 18 b 5 62 6 02 3 6 4Opina La Vanguardia p 6 15 17 Apr 1991 1 569 44 821 22 35 417 18 b 5 22 3 1 00 2 30 6 42 3 9 41989 general election 3 29 Oct 1989 68 5 28 4 14 34 2 18 b 8 1 4 4 9 0 2 8 0 14 8 7 5 81989 EP election 4 15 Jun 1989 53 7 28 7 16 29 3 17 b 5 6 3 3 9 0 3 5 0 12 7 7 0 61988 regional election 5 29 May 1988 59 9 25 2 12 48 0 24 b 7 8 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 7 4 3 22 81987 municipal election 10 Jun 1987 68 9 43 621 35 517 7 63 5 22 3 40 2 30 8 1Results Edit Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Barcelona election results Parties and alliances Popular vote SeatsVotes pp Total Socialists Party of Catalonia PSC PSOE 328 282 42 95 0 66 20 1Convergence and Union CiU 260 344 34 06 1 40 16 1People s Party PP 1 74 804 9 79 2 23 4 1Initiative for Catalonia IC 49 034 6 42 1 26 3 1Republican Left of Catalonia ERC 19 629 2 57 0 26 0 0Democratic and Social Centre CDS 6 454 0 84 2 54 0 0The Greens Ecologist Humanist List LVLE H 2 6 120 0 80 0 70 0 0Green Barcelona BV 5 749 0 75 New 0 0Party of the Communists of Catalonia PCC 3 168 0 41 New 0 0Workers Socialist Party PST 1 308 0 17 New 0 0Revolutionary Workers Party of Spain PORE 532 0 07 0 06 0 0Evangelical Social Action Party PASE 514 0 07 New 0 0Alternative for Barcelona AltBCN 428 0 06 New 0 0Alliance for the Republic AxR 3 296 0 04 0 03 0 0Radical Centre of Catalonia CRC 294 0 04 New 0 0Left Platform PCE m l CRPE 4 210 0 03 0 09 0 0Centrist Unity PED 198 0 03 New 0 0Blank ballots 6 979 0 92 0 17Total 764 343 43 0Valid votes 764 343 99 70 0 48Invalid votes 2 177 0 30 0 48Votes cast turnout 766 520 55 50 13 43Abstentions 614 628 44 50 13 43Registered voters 1 381 148Sources 6 7 8 9 Footnotes 1 People s Party results are compared to the combined totals of People s Alliance and People s Democratic Party in the 1987 election 2 The Greens Ecologist Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election 3 Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers Party totals in the 1987 election 4 Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election Popular votePSC PSOE 42 95 CiU 34 06 PP 9 79 IC 6 42 ERC 2 57 Others 3 30 Blank ballots 0 92 SeatsPSC PSOE 46 51 CiU 37 21 PP 9 30 IC 6 98 Notes Edit Aggregated data for AP and PDP in the 1987 election a b c d e f g h i j k Within PP References EditOpinion poll sources a b c Las elecciones de 26 5 91 CEPC in Spanish August 1991 a b c Sondejos Generalitat de Catalunya in Catalan Retrieved 5 July 2017 La orientacion del voto en Barcelona no asegura la mayoria absoluta a Maragall La Vanguardia in Spanish 19 May 1991 El ascenso del PP hace peligrar al PSOE en Madrid Sevilla y Valencia El Pais in Spanish 19 May 1991 Ficha tecnica El Pais in Spanish 19 May 1991 La orientacion del voto augura el mismo mapa politico en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona La Vanguardia in Spanish 21 April 1991 Other a b c Ley 7 1985 de 2 de abril Reguladora de las Bases del Regimen Local Law No 7 of 2 April 1985 Retrieved 30 June 2020 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c Ley Organica 5 1985 de 19 de junio del Regimen Electoral General Organic Law No 5 of 19 June 1985 Retrieved 30 January 2020 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Electoral Results Consultation Congress October 1989 Barcelona Municipality Ministry of the Interior in Spanish Retrieved 12 November 2017 Electoral Results Consultation European Parliament June 1989 Barcelona Municipality Ministry of the Interior in Spanish Retrieved 12 November 2017 Electoral results Parliament of Catalonia election 1988 Barcelona Municipality Government of Catalonia in Catalan Retrieved 13 July 2020 Election Results Municipal Elections 1991 Barcelona Government of Catalonia in Catalan Retrieved 12 November 2017 Local election results 26 May 1991 PDF Central Electoral Commission in Spanish Retrieved 16 February 2018 Electoral Results Consultation Municipal May 1991 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 1991 Barcelona City Council election amp oldid 1101562682, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
