May 1909 Madrid City Council election
Partisan affiliation | Seats |
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12
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5
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Social Defence
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3
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1
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1
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A municipal election took place in Madrid on Sunday, 2 May 1909, seeking to renew the 22 vacant posts of the City Council. This was the first municipal election celebrated under the 1907 Electoral Law of Antonio Maura, enacting compulsory voting.[1]
Results
There was no election in the district of Universidad as there was the same number of candidates than vacant councillors; and thus the candidates were proclaimed in accordance with the article 29 of the electoral law.[2] The definitive results (grouped by partisan affiliation) resulted into 12 Republicans, 5 conservatives, 3 from the Social Defence, 1 liberal and 1 democrat.[3]
The general turnout grew up until roughly a 70% of the electorate (
The results of the election along those from the next election celebrated in December 1909 would turn the municipal group jointly integrated by Republicans and Socialists the largest in the council (with 23 members).[5]
District | Proclaimed elected candidates[6] (partisan affiliation)[3] | Votes[3] |
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Centro | Bernardo Martín González (Conservative) | 3,161 |
Hospicio | Luis Sainz de los Terreros (Social Defence) | 2,706 |
Chamberí | No vacants/No election | - |
Buenavista | Luis Martínez Kléiser (Social Defence) | 3,087 |
Ricardo Rodríguez Vilariño (Republican) | 2,753 | |
Congreso | Juan Trasserra Conill (Republican) | 3,523 |
Hospital | José Corona Pareja (Republican) | 3,921 |
Julio Pérez Guerra (Republican) | 3,594 | |
Camilo Uceda de la Higuera (demócrata) | 1,692 | |
Inclusa | Facundo Dorado Díaz (Republican) | 2,735 |
José Pascual Sevilla (Republican) | 2,222 | |
Alberto Aguilera y Arjona (Republican) | 2,167 | |
Carlos García Rodríguez (Conservative) | 1,769 | |
Latina | Joaquín Dicenta Benedicto (Republican) | 4,911 |
José María de la Torre Murillo (Republican) | 4,041 | |
Silvestre Abellán García (Republican) | 3,971 | |
Andrés González Alberdi (Liberal) | 2,604 | |
Palacio | Prudencio Díaz Agero (Conservative) | 4,208 |
Antonio Gómez Vallejo (Conservative) | 3,883 | |
Manuel de Carlos Colmenero (Social Defence) | 3,611 | |
Manuel Benedicto Zabalza (Republican) | 2,263 | |
Universidad | Eduardo González Hoyos (Republican) | n/a
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Manuel Ramos Salas (Conservative) | n/a
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References
- Citations
- ^ Soldevilla 1910, p. 181.
- ^ Soldevilla 1910, pp. 181–182.
- ^ ISSN 2171-0090.
- ^ Hernández Quero & Miguel Salanova 2018, p. 253.
- ^ Hernández Quero & Miguel Salanova 2018, p. 247.
- ISSN 1989-9114.
- Bibliography
- Hernández Quero, Carlos; Miguel Salanova, Santiago de (2018). "De las calles a las instituciones. Protesta popular y conquista del poder municipal en Madrid (1909)". Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea. 40. Madrid: .
- ISSN 2171-0457.