Nanwe's Maps and Graphics Thread

[Nanwe]

Did the map of the 1910 election to get a feeling of the new map for the post-1898 situation (plus various boundary changes in Seville, Huelva, Barcelona and the Canary Islands). Coincidentally, 1910 was probably the last time the Restauración party system was stable, as the ousting of Maura and the murder of Canalajeas destroyed party unity in both parties for the next decade.

1910 was also the first election in which Maura's 1907 electoral law applied - the new law made it harder for elections to be rigged, but significantly made it harder to stand for office and provided for the automatic proclamation of deputies without an election where there were no opposing candidates (regularly one-quarter of all seats saw no election). It also eliminated the special colleges given they had been quite a failure in terms of delivering 'organic representation'.

After the 1909 Semana trágica in Barcelona, republicans got a major electoral boost, reaching their best-ever result - with 41 seats combining the CRS, the Catalanist UFNR of Valles i Ribot as well as Blasco Ibáñez's PURA party in Valencia. 1910 also represents the first time a Socialist was elected to the Spanish Parliament.

 

[Nanwe]

Did the map of the 1910 election to get a feeling of the new map for the post-1898 situation (plus various boundary changes in Seville, Huelva, Barcelona and the Canary Islands). Coincidentally, 1910 was probably the last time the Restauración party system was stable, as the ousting of Maura and the murder of Canalajeas destroyed party unity in both parties for the next decade.

1910 was also the first election in which Maura's 1907 electoral law applied - the new law made it harder for elections to be rigged, but significantly made it harder to stand for office and provided for the automatic proclamation of deputies without an election where there were no opposing candidates (regularly one-quarter of all seats saw no election). It also eliminated the special colleges given they had been quite a failure in terms of delivering 'organic representation'.

After the 1909 Semana trágica in Barcelona, republicans got a major electoral boost, reaching their best-ever result - with 41 seats combining the CRS, the Catalanist UFNR of Valles i Ribot as well as Blasco Ibáñez's PURA party in Valencia. 1910 also represents the first time a Socialist was elected to the Spanish Parliament.

And now for the Senate (which given it's a more complex image, I have some doubts about the positioning of the legend and the various special colleges

 

[Nanwe]

While I keep on working on Spanish elections, I think I'll map 1919 French legislative elections, mostly because the electoral system was peculiar. So usually, in the collective mindset, the electoral system used was proportional representation for the first time in France's history, right? Wrong.

In 1919, multi-member constituencies were re-introduced and a weird mixed majoritarian-proportional system was introduced with small constituencies.

In each constituency, lists were expected to be formed containing as many candidates as seats were up for election. Voters would be able to cast as many votes as seats were up for election, across party lists.

Those candidates who obtained over 50% of all cast votes were automatically elected.

Whatever seats were left unelected because candidates hadn't crossed the threshold were then apportioned across all lists in accordance with the largest remainder method. This was done by adding up all votes cast for a list and dividing them by the number of candidates presented. Once the seats were allocated to the lists, the candidates that gathered the most votes within the lists were elected.

And in proper pre-1958 French fashion, the lists were rarely single-party, but often responded to local dynamics, like joint Radical-liberal republican lists vs Republican Federation lists and so on.

 

[Ares96]

I started working on the 1919 French elections at one point, the results are of course both available on the Internet Archive and also very strange. No doubt your effort will be better than mine though, I think my France base needs redoing in particular.

 

[Thande]

While I keep on working on Spanish elections, I think I'll map 1919 French legislative elections, mostly because the electoral system was peculiar. So usually, in the collective mindset, the electoral system used was proportional representation for the first time in France's history, right? Wrong.

In 1919, multi-member constituencies were re-introduced and a weird mixed majoritarian-proportional system was introduced with small constituencies.

In each constituency, lists were expected to be formed containing as many candidates as seats were up for election. Voters would be able to cast as many votes as seats were up for election, across party lists.

Those candidates who obtained over 50% of all cast votes were automatically elected.

Whatever seats were left unelected because candidates hadn't crossed the threshold were then apportioned across all lists in accordance with the largest remainder method. This was done by adding up all votes cast for a list and dividing them by the number of candidates presented. Once the seats were allocated to the lists, the candidates that gathered the most votes within the lists were elected.

And in proper pre-1958 French fashion, the lists were rarely single-party, but often responded to local dynamics, like joint Radical-liberal republican lists vs Republican Federation lists and so on.

That sounds interesting both for the electoral system and the era, it sounds challenging but I look forward to seeing it at some point!

 

[Nanwe]

In the meantime, have 1898 (description on the works). 1898 was the sole election in which universal suffrage was used in Cuba and Puerto Rico, after the granting of the Charters of Autonomy (basically turning Cuba and Puerto Rico into something similar to British Dominions except with representation in the Spanish parliament) and the total breakdown of the party system in Puerto Rico as the result of these changes - but you wouldn't be able to tell from the map, because 'orthodox' Unconditionals cooperated with the Opportunistic Unconditionals and because the Orthodox Autonomists also ran together with the dynastic Autonomists (rebranded as Liberals).

As an aside, I also have the results and a map for the 1898 regional election in Puerto Rico, and the results per constituency (but not the party affiliation of all non-majority parties, so it'll take some time to make it...) of the election.