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The representatives of the Parliament of Catalonia are elected every four years after the date of its previous election, unless it is dissolved earlier, under a system of [[party-list proportional representation]].
Since 1980, the 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia are elected using the [[D'Hondt method]] and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3% of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats are allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of [[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Province of
In the [[1932 Catalan regional election|1932 election]] there were 85 seats up to election divided into five constituencies: the [[Barcelona|city of Barcelona]] proper and the provinces of [[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]] (excluding [[Barcelona|the city of Barcelona]]), [[Province of Girona|Girona]], [[Province of Lleida|Lleida]] and [[Province of Tarragona|Tarragona]], with each being allocated 24, 19, 14, 14 and 14 seats respectively. They were elected under the [[Cortes republicanas|Republican]] system of [[plurality block voting]] or ''majoritari per districtes'', with each voter casting a vote for 75% of its constituency seats. This in practice ensured that the winning bloc would always win three quarters of the votes (68 seats), thus ensuring a majority, with the second biggest bloc being awarded the remainder (17 seats). This system heavily punished minor parties, making it extremely difficult for them to gain representation.
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