1932 Catalan regional election

1932 Catalan regional election

20 November 1932
All 85 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	466,000
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francesc Macià Joan Ventosa Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer Party ERC LR PCR Leader since 22 February 1931 N/A 22 March 1931 Leader's seat Barcelona City Barcelona City (lost) Seats won 67 17 1 Popular vote 224,800 138,500 39,100 Percentage 47.1 % 29.0 % 8.2 %
Election results by province
President before election Francesc Macià ERC Elected President Francesc Macià ERC

The 1932 Catalan regional election was held on 20 November 1932 to elect the first legislature of the Parliament of the autonomous region of Catalonia.

It was the sole Catalan parliamentary election held during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939). Between 1939 and 1980 the Parliament, as the rest of the institutions of the Generalitat of Catalonia, remained in exile as a consequence of the Republican defeat in the Spanish Civil War, and there wasn't another election until 1980.

All 85 seats in the Parliament were up for election. Despite the 1932 Statute of Autonomy and the Republican Constitution recognizing universal suffrage, suffrage was exceptionally restricted to men 23 years old or older. Notwithstanding, women had the right to get elected, none of which did. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), led by the acting President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Francesc Macià, was the winning party. the conservative Regionalist League, almost hegemonic in Catalonia during the reign of Alfonso XIII, reached the second place but far from the Republican Left. The third list was the Republican Catalanist Party, which won one seat.

Results

Summary of the 20 November 1932 Parliament of Catalonia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%
	Catalan Left (Esquerra Catalana)	224,800	47.10	67
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)			56
	Socialist Union of Catalonia (USC)			5
	Radical Autonomist Party (PRA)			4
	Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF)			1
	Catalan Union (UC)			1
	Citizen Concord (Concòrdia Ciutadana)	138,500	29.00	17
	Regionalist League of Catalonia (LRC)			16
	Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)			1
	Left Coalition (Coalició d’Esquerres)	39,100	8.20	1
	Catalan Republican Party (PCR)			1
	Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS)			0
	Catalan Party of Republican Action (PCAR)			0
	Radical Republican Party (PRR)	25,900	5.40	0
	Right of Catalonia (Dreta de Catalunya)	15,000	3.10	0
	Traditionalist Communion (CT)			0
	Spanish Renovation (RE)			0
	Workers and Peasants' Bloc (BOC)	11,000	2.30	0
	Federal Far-Left–Social Revolutionary Party (EEF–PSR)	6,400	1.30	0
	Federal Democratic Republican Party (PRDF)	2,900	0.60	0
	Communist Party of Catalonia (PCC)	1,700	0.40	0
	Catalan Nationalist Party (PNC)	700	0.64	0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	500	0.82	0
	Spanish Concord (CE)	100	0.30	0
	Catalan State–Proletarian Party (EC–PP)	100	0.17	0
Total		2,056,974		85
Votes cast / turnout		466,700
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources

Popular vote

ERC			47.10%
Lliga			29.00%
Esquerres			8.20%
PRR			5.40%
Right			3.10%
BOC			2.30%
EEF–PSR			1.30%
Others			3.60%

Seats

ERC			78.82%
Lliga			20.00%
Esquerres			1.18%

External links

• Article about the Catalonia Parliament of 1932
• 1932 Parliament of Catalonia election in Historia Electoral