Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Catalonia on 26 May 1991. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1][2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Badalona 225,207 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barcelona 1,707,286 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Cornellà de Llobregat 86,287 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Girona 70,876 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 276,198 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Lleida 111,825 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Mataró 101,882 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Reus 86,407 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 192,142 Initiative for Catalonia (IC) Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
Sant Cugat del Vallès 39,316 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 135,486 Initiative for Catalonia (IC) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Tarragona 112,360 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Terrassa 161,682 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)

Municipalities

Badalona

Population: 225,207
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Badalona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 36,228 46.87 +3.93 14 +1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 17,730 22.94 −8.20 7 −3
Convergence and Union (CiU) 12,560 16.25 +1.71 5 +1
People's Party (PP)1 4,741 6.13 +2.51 1 +1
Left Proposal for Catalonia–Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PEC–PCC) 2,393 3.10 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,278 1.65 +0.49 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 966 1.25 −2.24 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 383 0.50 New 0 ±0
Centrist Unity (PED) 186 0.24 New 0 ±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR)2 125 0.16 −0.17 0 ±0
Blank ballots 705 0.91 −0.04
Total 77,295 27 ±0
Valid votes 77,295 99.68 +0.48
Invalid votes 250 0.32 −0.48
Votes cast / turnout 77,545 46.43 −16.20
Abstentions 89,456 53.57 +16.20
Registered voters 167,001
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Barcelona

Main article: 1991 Barcelona municipal election
Population: 1,707,286

Cornellà de Llobregat

Population: 86,287
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 18,720 55.17 +3.61 16 +1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 6,482 19.10 −5.28 5 −2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 4,091 12.06 +2.01 3 +1
People's Party (PP)1 1,798 5.30 +0.47 1 +1
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 1,453 4.28 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 683 2.01 −4.06 0 −1
Free Catalonia (CLL) 430 1.27 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 273 0.80 −0.23
Total 33,930 25 ±0
Valid votes 33,930 99.64 +0.62
Invalid votes 123 0.36 −0.62
Votes cast / turnout 34,053 49.72 −16.28
Abstentions 34,436 50.28 +16.28
Registered voters 68,489
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Girona

Population: 70,876
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Girona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 14,451 47.54 −0.90 13 −1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 9,361 30.79 +1.42 9 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 2,103 6.92 +0.23 2 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,729 5.69 +0.97 1 +1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 1,250 4.11 −0.78 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 416 1.37 −2.78 0 ±0
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 397 1.31 New 0 ±0
Independentist and Unitary Ecologist Alternative (AEIU) 358 1.18 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 333 1.10 +0.18
Total 30,398 25 ±0
Valid votes 30,398 99.49 +0.32
Invalid votes 155 0.51 −0.32
Votes cast / turnout 30,553 58.03 −9.04
Abstentions 22,100 41.97 +9.04
Registered voters 52,653
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Population: 276,198
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 57,265 55.27 −2.50 17 ±0
Convergence and Union (CiU) 16,115 15.55 +1.37 5 +1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 12,333 11.90 +1.37 3 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 8,811 8.50 +1.71 2 +1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,464 2.38 −4.99 0 −2
The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)2 2,215 2.14 +1.48 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,474 1.42 New 0 ±0
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 1,361 1.31 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 667 0.64 New 0 ±0
Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) 101 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 799 0.77 −0.20
Total 103,605 27 ±0
Valid votes 103,605 99.68 +0.80
Invalid votes 328 0.32 −0.80
Votes cast / turnout 103,933 48.05 −16.10
Abstentions 112,353 51.95 +16.10
Registered voters 216,286
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Lleida

Population: 111,825
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Lleida election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 24,029 49.38 +12.07 17 +5
Convergence and Union (CiU) 12,453 25.59 −7.18 8 −3
People's Party (PP)1 3,911 8.04 +0.67 2 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia–Green Alternative (IC–AV)2 2,400 4.93 −1.47 0 ±0
Freixes Independent Group (Freixes) 2,349 4.83 −2.86 0 −2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,677 3.45 +0.65 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 781 1.60 −2.62 0 ±0
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 333 0.68 New 0 ±0
Group of Independents, Progressives and Nationalists (AIPN) 79 0.16 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 649 1.33 +0.34
Total 48,661 27 ±0
Valid votes 48,661 99.24 −0.17
Invalid votes 374 0.76 +0.17
Votes cast / turnout 49,035 56.22 −8.40
Abstentions 38,180 43.78 +8.40
Registered voters 87,215
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Mataró

Population: 101,882
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Mataró election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 19,073 42.23 −3.13 13 −1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 16,145 35.75 +2.20 11 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 4,206 9.31 +2.39 2 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 2,582 5.72 +1.30 1 +1
Green Union (UVE) 1,074 2.38 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 638 1.41 −1.76 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 535 1.18 −2.60 0 ±0
Left Proposal for Catalonia (PEC) 367 0.81 New 0 ±0
Free Catalonia (CLL) 287 0.64 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 258 0.57 −0.19
Total 45,165 27 ±0
Valid votes 45,165 99.73 +0.65
Invalid votes 122 0.27 −0.65
Votes cast / turnout 45,287 59.33 −9.04
Abstentions 31,042 40.67 +9.04
Registered voters 76,329
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Reus

Population: 86,407
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Reus election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 15,780 44.28 +3.90 13 +2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 11,815 33.16 +2.19 10 +2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,134 5.99 −1.93 1 −1
People's Party (PP)1 2,116 5.94 −2.19 1 −1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 1,604 4.50 −1.11 0 −1
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 987 2.77 New 0 ±0
Ecologist Party of Catalonia–VERDE (PEC–VERDE) 781 2.19 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) n/a n/a −6.07 0 −1
Blank ballots 417 1.17 +0.24
Total 35,634 25 ±0
Valid votes 35,634 99.57 +0.55
Invalid votes 154 0.43 −0.55
Votes cast / turnout 35,788 55.34 −4.34
Abstentions 28,882 44.66 +4.34
Registered voters 64,670
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Sabadell

Population: 192,142
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Sabadell election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 36,990 48.94 +1.94 15 +1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 14,931 19.75 −2.62 6 −1
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 14,043 18.58 −1.41 6 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 3,355 4.44 +1.00 0 ±0
Left Proposal for Catalonia–Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PEC–PCC) 1,685 2.23 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,645 2.18 +0.48 0 ±0
Independent and Citizen Alternative Candidacy (CAIC) 932 1.23 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 559 0.74 −2.06 0 ±0
Evangelical Social Action Party (PASE) 405 0.54 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 301 0.40 −0.02 0 ±0
Catalan Left (EC) 138 0.18 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 598 0.79 −0.08
Total 75,582 27 ±0
Valid votes 75,582 99.69 +0.30
Invalid votes 238 0.31 −0.30
Votes cast / turnout 75,820 52.27 −20.31
Abstentions 69,244 47.73 +20.31
Registered voters 145,064
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Sant Cugat del Vallès

Population: 39,316
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Sant Cugat del Vallès election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Convergence and Union (CiU) 7,692 47.37 +6.10 12 +3
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 3,650 22.48 −12.94 5 −3
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 1,750 10.78 +2.10 2 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 1,296 7.98 −0.45 2 ±0
Union of Independents (Ud'I) 660 4.06 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 636 3.92 −0.34 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 255 1.57 New 0 ±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR) 34 0.21 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 265 1.63 +0.50
Total 16,238 21 ±0
Valid votes 16,238 99.44 +0.51
Invalid votes 92 0.56 −0.51
Votes cast / turnout 16,330 56.40 −11.59
Abstentions 12,622 43.60 +11.59
Registered voters 28,952
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Santa Coloma de Gramenet

Population: 135,486
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 21,896 43.41 +3.17 13 +1
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 20,396 40.44 −4.06 12 −1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 3,858 7.65 +0.36 2 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 1,527 3.03 +0.55 0 ±0
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) 992 1.97 New 0 ±0
The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)2 480 0.95 +0.35 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 454 0.90 −1.56 0 ±0
Independent Association of Santa Coloma (AISC) 364 0.72 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 187 0.37 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 285 0.57 −0.08
Total 50,439 27 ±0
Valid votes 50,439 99.74 +0.44
Invalid votes 133 0.26 −0.44
Votes cast / turnout 50,572 49.51 −16.24
Abstentions 51,578 50.49 +16.24
Registered voters 102,150
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Tarragona

Population: 112,360
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Tarragona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Convergence and Union (CiU) 22,627 44.10 +11.76 14 +4
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 17,844 34.78 −2.55 11 −1
People's Party (PP)1 4,429 8.63 −1.18 2 −1
Green Alternative–Ecologist Movement of Catalonia (AV–MEC) 1,960 3.82 New 0 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 1,950 3.80 −0.21 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,612 3.14 +0.54 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 560 1.09 −6.21 0 −2
Green Alternative (La Canonja) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Canonginan Unity Group (AdUC) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 323 0.63 −0.49
Total 51,305 27 ±0
Valid votes 51,305 99.70 +0.67
Invalid votes 153 0.30 −0.67
Votes cast / turnout 51,458 60.60 −3.56
Abstentions 33,454 39.40 +3.56
Registered voters 84,912
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Terrassa

Population: 161,682
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Terrassa election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 30,455 47.90 −0.29 15 ±0
Convergence and Union (CiU) 16,815 26.45 +1.78 8 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 5,237 8.24 −2.54 2 −1
People's Party (PP)1 4,507 7.09 +1.81 2 +1
The Greens (EV) 2,241 3.53 New 0 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,786 2.81 −0.24 0 ±0
Left Proposal for Catalonia–Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PEC–PCC) 1,120 1.76 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 819 1.29 −3.19 0 ±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR)2 70 0.11 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 524 0.82 −0.35
Total 63,574 27 ±0
Valid votes 63,574 99.63 +0.44
Invalid votes 237 0.37 −0.44
Votes cast / turnout 63,811 51.44 −13.21
Abstentions 60,248 48.56 +13.21
Registered voters 124,059
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

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