The 1932 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 20 November 1932, to elect the first legislature of the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

of the autonomous region of Catalonia. It was the sole Catalan parliamentary election held during the

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(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

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, and there wasn't another election until 1980. All 85 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia ( ca, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social-democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also i ...

(ERC), led by the acting

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Francesc Macià Francesc Macià i Llussà (; 21 September 1859 – 25 December 1933) was a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as the 122nd president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and formerly an officer in the Spanish Army. Politically, he evol ...

, was the winning party. the conservative

Regionalist League Regionalist League of Catalonia ( ca, Lliga Regionalista de Catalunya, ; 1901–1936) was a right wing political party of Catalonia, Spain. It had a Catalanist, conservative, and monarchic ideology. Notable members of the party were Enric Prat de l ...

, almost hegemonic in Catalonia during the reign of

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, reached the second place but far from the Republican Left. The third list was the Republican Catalanist Party, which won one seat.

External links

Article about the Catalonia Parliament of 1932

{{Catalan elections Regional elections in Catalonia 1932 in Catalonia