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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
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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
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electorate in the constituencies for which they sought electionâwith a compulsory minimum of 500 signaturesâdisallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.
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of five percent of valid votesâwhich included blank ballotsâbeing applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
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459:, 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.
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147:
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455:, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of
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1329:
692:
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51:
41:
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1314:
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378:
157:
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1538:
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1393:
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853:
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412:
288:
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1378:
789:
470:
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604:
428:
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411:. All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with
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8:
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578:
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644:
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112:
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1661:"Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Barcelona Municipality"
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Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales
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447:) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the
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1633:"Election Results. Municipal Elections 1979. Barcelona"
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399:, was held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st
1584:Ley 39/1978, de 17 de julio, de elecciones locales
1613:(Royal Decree-Law 20) (in Spanish). 18 March 1977
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1689:"Eleccions municipals a Barcelona (1979 - 2015)"
344:
944:Social Christian Democracy of Catalonia (DSCC)
1726:
1578:
1576:
1574:
1281:
1277:
1201:
1189:
1179:
1175:
854:Workers' Party of CataloniaâCommunist Unity
817:
558:+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
1733:
1719:
1605:
1603:
1601:
1571:
462:Local councillors were elected using the
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1271:
1255:
1239:
1223:
1205:
1183:
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916:Socialist Party of National Liberation
1714:
693:Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia
393:1979 Barcelona City Council election
19:1979 Barcelona City Council election
1586:(Law 39) (in Spanish). 17 July 1978
1136:Workers' Revolutionary Organization
422:
13:
1025:Democratic Municipal Action (AMD)
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397:1979 Barcelona municipal election
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118:
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25:
1109:List for Workers' Courts (LCO)
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971:Revolutionary Communist League
887:Organization of Communist Left
660:Socialists' Party of Catalonia
573:The electoral law allowed for
69:22 seats needed for a majority
1:
1564:
1106:
1022:
996:
570:eldest one would be elected.
786:Republican Left of Catalonia
603:Summary of the 3 April 1979
7:
790:National Front of Catalonia
471:proportional representation
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1108:
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445:Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
429:City Council of Barcelona
342:
269:Carlos GĂŒell de Sentmenat
229:
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66:City Council of Barcelona
62:
35:
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1666:Ministry of the Interior
999:Catalan Left Bloc (BEC)
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1638:Government of Catalonia
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437:Ajuntament de Barcelona
1919:Elections in Barcelona
1758:Barcelona City Council
1693:Historia Electoral.com
755:Centrists of Catalonia
626:Parties and alliances
620:
444:
436:
1240:Votes cast / turnout
724:Convergence and Union
619:
591:groupings of electors
825:Democratic Coalition
64:All 43 seats in the
611:
475:electoral threshold
20:
1924:1970s in Barcelona
1272:Registered voters
883:Communist Movement
621:
602:
581:registered in the
560:+1 if total is an
457:universal suffrage
317:Popular vote
295:Leader since
202:Popular vote
174:Leader since
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415:all throughout
413:local elections
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372:
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352:before election
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1697:. Retrieved
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1671:. Retrieved
1669:(in Spanish)
1664:
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1643:. Retrieved
1641:(in Catalan)
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1588:. Retrieved
1301:Popular vote
1265:
1256:Abstentions
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392:
390:
375:NarcĂs Serra
373:
366:
355:
348:
274:Joan HortalĂ
241:Fifth party
138:NarcĂs Serra
103:Third party
97:First party
47:3 April 1979
46:
15:
1673:12 November
1645:12 November
662:(PSCâPSOE)
579:federations
562:even number
483:Population
468:closed list
395:, also the
361:Independent
357:Manuel Font
328:Percentage
216:Percentage
1908:Categories
1786:1909 (Dec)
1781:1909 (May)
1565:References
792:(ERCâFNC)
587:coalitions
499:251â1,000
473:, with an
74:Registered
1750:Barcelona
1275:1,480,453
1052:New Force
889:(MCâOEC)
856:(PTCâUC)
757:(CCâUCD)
453:Barcelona
409:Barcelona
77:1,480,453
1479:PSCâPSOE
1315:PSCâPSOE
1286:Sources
491:<250
367:Elected
320:133,885
211:148,806
208:151,288
205:272,512
158:PSCâPSOE
1548:
1529:
1514:
1499:
1484:
1440:
1427:
1414:
1399:
1384:
1365:
1350:
1335:
1320:
1259:677,034
1243:803,419
1209:800,428
1187:800,428
918:(PSAN)
760:133,885
729:148,806
698:151,288
695:(PSUC)
665:272,512
598:Results
575:parties
441:Spanish
433:Catalan
403:of the
323:41,845
265:Leader
246:
235:
134:Leader
108:
94:
82:Turnout
1617:1 July
1590:1 July
1533:18.60%
1524:CCâUCD
1518:18.60%
1503:20.93%
1488:37.21%
1423:Others
1409:PTCâUC
1369:16.73%
1360:CCâUCD
1354:18.59%
1339:18.90%
1324:34.05%
1184:Total
1138:(ORT)
973:(LCR)
830:24,039
795:41,845
726:(CiU)
649:Total
637:Votes
632:Seats
466:and a
331:16.7%
280:Party
225:18.6%
222:18.9%
219:34.0%
154:Party
1552:4.65%
1465:Seats
1444:0.32%
1431:1.53%
1418:1.10%
1403:3.00%
1388:5.23%
1262:45.73
1246:54.27
1227:2,991
1212:99.63
1165:2,547
1083:(IR)
1054:(FN)
976:1,939
947:2,950
921:3,123
892:4,259
859:8,832
827:(CD)
763:16.73
732:18.59
701:18.90
668:34.05
417:Spain
369:Mayor
350:Mayor
334:5.2%
301:1979
298:1979
183:1979
180:1979
177:1979
1892:2027
1886:2023
1881:2019
1876:2015
1871:2011
1866:2007
1861:2003
1856:1999
1851:1995
1846:1991
1841:1987
1836:1983
1831:1979
1826:1934
1821:1931
1816:1922
1811:1920
1806:1917
1801:1915
1796:1913
1791:1911
1776:1905
1771:1903
1766:1901
1701:2017
1675:2017
1647:2017
1619:2020
1592:2020
1494:PSUC
1330:PSUC
1230:0.37
1168:0.32
1144:0.00
1115:0.00
1089:0.00
1060:0.00
1031:0.00
1005:0.00
979:0.24
950:0.37
924:0.39
895:0.53
862:1.10
833:3.00
798:5.23
652:+/â
589:and
577:and
427:The
391:The
163:PSUC
52:1983
42:1934
1543:FNC
1539:ERC
1509:CiU
1379:FNC
1375:ERC
1345:CiU
1266:n/a
1250:n/a
1234:n/a
1216:n/a
1196:n/a
1172:n/a
1156:n/a
1148:n/a
1127:n/a
1119:n/a
1101:n/a
1093:n/a
1072:n/a
1064:n/a
1043:n/a
1035:n/a
1017:n/a
1009:n/a
991:n/a
983:n/a
962:n/a
954:n/a
936:n/a
928:n/a
907:n/a
899:n/a
874:n/a
866:n/a
845:n/a
837:n/a
812:n/a
802:n/a
777:n/a
767:n/a
746:n/a
736:n/a
715:n/a
705:n/a
684:n/a
673:n/a
550:25
542:21
534:17
526:13
518:11
451:of
407:of
379:PSC
289:ERC
284:UCD
191:16
168:CiU
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1691:.
1663:.
1635:.
1600:^
1573:^
1394:CD
1192:43
679:16
645:pp
640:%
585:,
510:9
502:7
494:5
443::
439:,
435::
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312:2
309:8
197:8
194:9
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1086:0
1068:0
1057:0
1039:0
1028:0
1013:0
1002:0
987:0
958:0
932:0
903:0
885:â
870:0
841:0
807:2
788:â
772:8
741:8
710:9
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