1991 Barcelona City Council election
{{Short description|Municipal election in Barcelona, Spain}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1991 Barcelona City Council election
| country = Barcelona
| flag_year = 1940s
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1987 Barcelona City Council election
| previous_year = 1987
| next_election = 1995 Barcelona City Council election
| next_year = 1995
| outgoing_members =
| elected_members =
| seats_for_election = All 43 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
| majority_seats = 22
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polls
| registered = 1,381,148 File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.9%
| turnout = 766,520 (55.5%)
File:Red Arrow Down.svg13.4 pp
| election_date = 26 May 1991
| image1 = 170x170px
| leader1 = Pasqual Maragall
| party1 = PSC–PSOE
| leader_since1 = 2 December 1982
| last_election1 = 21 seats, 43.6%
| seats1 = 20
| seat_change1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg1
| popular_vote1 = 328,282
| percentage1 = 42.9%
| swing1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.7 pp
| image2 = 170x170px
| leader2 = Josep Maria Cullell
| party2 = Convergence and Union
| leader_since2 = 1987
| last_election2 = 17 seats, 35.5%
| seats2 = 16
| seat_change2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg1
| popular_vote2 = 260,344
| percentage2 = 34.1%
| swing2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg1.4 pp
| image3 = 170x170px
| leader3 = Enrique Lacalle
| party3 = People's Party of Catalonia
| leader_since3 = 1987
| last_election3 = 3 seats, 7.6%{{efn|Aggregated data for AP and PDP in the 1987 election.}}
| seats3 = 4
| seat_change3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1
| popular_vote3 = 74,804
| percentage3 = 9.8%
| swing3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.2 pp
| image4 = 170x170px
| leader4 = Eulàlia Vintró
| party4 = Initiative for Catalonia
| leader_since4 = 1987
| last_election4 = 2 seats, 5.2%
| seats4 = 3
| seat_change4 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1
| popular_vote4 = 49,034
| percentage4 = 6.4%
| swing4 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.2 pp
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Pasqual Maragall
| before_party = Socialists' Party of Catalonia
| after_election = Pasqual Maragall
| after_party = Socialists' Party of Catalonia
}}
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.
Electoral system
The City Council of Barcelona ({{langx|ca|Ajuntament de Barcelona}}, {{langx|es|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.{{cite act |title=Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local |type=Law |number=7 |language=es |date=2 April 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=19910327 |access-date=30 June 2020}} Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.{{cite act |title=Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General |type=Organic Law |number=5 |language=es |date=19 June 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19910314 |access-date=30 January 2020}} 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. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
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width="110"| Population
! width="200"| Councillors |
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<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 |
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.
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. In the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.
Opinion polls
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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! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm/Commissioner ! style="width:125px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:45px;" rowspan="2"| Turnout ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo PSC 1982-2003.svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:Ciu 1980s.png ! style="width:35px;"| File:AP logo (1983–1989).svg ! style="width:35px;"| IC ! style="width:35px;"| File:Centro Democrático y Social (corto).png ! style="width:35px;"| File:Logo de ERC (antiguo).svg ! style="width:35px;"| File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (1989-1993).svg ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
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! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}};"| |
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| 26 May 1991 | {{N/A}} | 55.5 | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 42.9 | 34.1 | {{efn|name="PP"|Within PP.}} | 6.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 9.8 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 8.8 |
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DYM/Cambio 16{{cite web |title=Las elecciones de 26-5-91 |url=http://www.cepc.gob.es/publicaciones/revistas/revistaselectronicas?IDR=15&IDN=1239&IDA=35412 |language=es |work=CEPC |date=August 1991}}
| 20 May 1991 |? |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 41.3 | 36.5 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 6.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 7.0 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 4.8 |
Producciones Cinco/Avui{{cite web |title=Sondejos |url=http://governacio.gencat.cat/ca/pgov_ambits_d_actuacio/pgov_eleccions/pgov_totes_les_convocatories/pgov_municipals/pgov_any_1991_m/sondejos/ |language=ca |work=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=5 July 2017}}
| 19 May 1991 | 3,800 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 40.6 | 36.7 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 5.8 | – | 3.1 | 8.1 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 3.9 |
OTR–IS/El Periódico
| 18 May 1991 | 800 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 43.8 | 32.8 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 6.7 | – | 3.5 | 7.9 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 11.0 |
Opina/La Vanguardia{{cite web |title=La orientación del voto en Barcelona no asegura la mayoría absoluta a Maragall |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1991/05/19/pagina-16/33473305/pdf.html |language=es |work=La Vanguardia |date=19 May 1991}}
| 13–15 May 1991 | 1,501 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 44.6 | 34.5 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 6.7 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.8 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 10.1 |
Metra Seis/El Independiente
| 12 May 1991 | 1,040 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 43.9 | 34.0 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 7.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 7.8 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 9.9 |
Demoscopia/El País{{cite web |title=El ascenso del PP hace peligrar al PSOE en Madrid, Sevilla y Valencia |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/portada/674604002_850215.html |language=es |work=El País |date=19 May 1991}}{{cite web |title=Ficha técnica |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/05/19/espana/674604006_850215.html |language=es |work=El País |date=19 May 1991}}
| 4–7 May 1991 | 752 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 42.5 | 36.1 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 5.6 | – | – | 6.0 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 6.4 |
Opina/La Vanguardia{{cite web |title=La orientación del voto augura el mismo mapa político en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1991/04/21/pagina-20/33480447/pdf.html |language=es |work=La Vanguardia |date=21 April 1991}}
| 15–17 Apr 1991 | 1,569 |? | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 44.8 | 35.4 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 5.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 9.4 |
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| 1989 general election{{cite web |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html?vuelta=1&codTipoEleccion=2&codPeriodo=198910&codEstado=99&codComunidad=9&codProvincia=8&codMunicipio=19&codDistrito=0&codSeccion=0&codMesa=0 |title=Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. October 1989. Barcelona Municipality |language=es |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=12 November 2017}} | 29 Oct 1989 | {{N/A}} | 68.5 | 28.4 | {{Party shading/CiU}}| 34.2 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 8.1 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 14.8 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"| 5.8 |
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| 1989 EP election{{cite web |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html?vuelta=1&codTipoEleccion=7&codPeriodo=198906&codEstado=99&codComunidad=9&codProvincia=8&codMunicipio=19&codDistrito=0&codSeccion=0&codMesa=0 |title=Electoral Results Consultation. European Parliament. June 1989. Barcelona Municipality |language=es |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=12 November 2017}} | 15 Jun 1989 | {{N/A}} | 53.7 | 28.7 | {{Party shading/CiU}}| 29.3 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 12.7 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"| 0.6 |
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| 1988 regional election{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=A&proces=A19881&nivell=MU&territori=08019#dades |title=Electoral results. Parliament of Catalonia election 1988. Barcelona (Municipality) |language=ca |website=Government of Catalonia |access-date=13 July 2020}} | 29 May 1988 | {{N/A}} | 59.9 | 25.2 | {{Party shading/CiU}}| 48.0 | {{efn|name="PP"}} | 7.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.4 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"| 22.8 |
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| 10 Jun 1987 | {{N/A}} | 68.9 | {{Party shading/PSC}}| 43.6 | 35.5 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 2.3 | – | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"| 8.1 |
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Results
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|+ ← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Barcelona election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:BarcelonaCouncilDiagram1991.svg | |||
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
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width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | 328,282 | 42.95 | style="color:red;"| –0.66
| 20 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}"|
| align="left"| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 260,344 | 34.06 | style="color:red;"| –1.40
| 16 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP)1 | 74,804 | 9.79 | style="color:green;"| +2.23
| 4 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| Initiative for Catalonia (IC) | 49,034 | 6.42 | style="color:green;"| +1.26
| 3 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | |||
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 19,629 | 2.57 | style="color:green;"| +0.26
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 6,454 | 0.84 | style="color:red;"| –2.54
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Ecologist Greens (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)2 | 6,120 | 0.80 | style="color:green;"| +0.70
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| Green Barcelona (BV) | 5,749 | 0.75 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party of the Communists of Catalonia}}"|
| align="left"| Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) | 3,168 | 0.41 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,308 | 0.17 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) | 532 | 0.07 | style="color:red;"| –0.06
| 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="white"|
| align="left"| Evangelical Social Action Party (PASE) | 514 | 0.07 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="white"|
| align="left"| Alternative for Barcelona (AltBCN) | 428 | 0.06 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Alliance for the Republic (AxR)3 | 296 | 0.04 | style="color:red;"| –0.03
| 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="white"|
| align="left"| Radical Centre of Catalonia (CRC) | 294 | 0.04 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (historical)}}"|
| align="left"| Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)4 | 210 | 0.03 | style="color:red;"| –0.09
| 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="white"|
| align="left"| Centrist Unity (PED) | 198 | 0.03 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 6,979 | 0.92 | style="color:green;"| +0.17
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
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style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 764,343 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 43 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 764,343 | 99.70 | style="color:green;"| +0.48
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 2,177 | 0.30 | style="color:red;"| –0.48 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 766,520 | 55.50 | style="color:red;"| –13.43 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 614,628 | 44.50 | style="color:green;"| +13.43 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 1,381,148 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=M&proces=M19911&nivell=MU&territori=08019#dades |title=Election Results. Municipal Elections 1991. Barcelona |language=ca |website=Government of Catalonia |access-date=12 November 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1991/07/20/pdfs/C00001-01052.pdf |title=Local election results, 26 May 1991 |language=es |website=Central Electoral Commission |access-date=16 February 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html?vuelta=1&codTipoEleccion=4&codPeriodo=199105&codEstado=99&codComunidad=9&codProvincia=8&codMunicipio=19&codDistrito=0&codSeccion=0&codMesa=0 |title=Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1991. Barcelona Municipality |language=es |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=12 November 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/mbarcelona.html |title=Eleccions municipals a Barcelona (1979 - 2015) |language=ca |website=Historia Electoral.com |access-date=30 September 2017}} | |||
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 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.}}}} |
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{{bar percent|PSC–PSOE|{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}|42.95}}
{{bar percent|CiU|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|34.06}}
{{bar percent|PP|{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}|9.79}}
{{bar percent|IC|{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia}}|6.42}}
{{bar percent|ERC|{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}|2.57}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|3.30}}
{{bar percent|Blank ballots|#DDDDDD|0.92}}
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{{bar percent|PSC–PSOE|{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}|46.51}}
{{bar percent|CiU|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|37.21}}
{{bar percent|PP|{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}|9.30}}
{{bar percent|IC|{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia}}|6.98}}
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Notes
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References
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