Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 3 April 1979. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1]

Municipality	Population	New control
Cartagena	162,630		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lorca	64,711		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia	283,552		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Cartagena

Population: 162,630

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Cartagena election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	18,912	29.86	n/a	9	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	17,298	27.32	n/a	8	n/a
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	14,753	23.30	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	7,871	12.43	n/a	3	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	2,053	3.24	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,906	3.01	n/a	0	n/a
	Independents of Cartagena (INDEP)	532	0.84	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	0	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		63,325			27	n/a
Valid votes		63,325	99.13	n/a
Invalid votes		557	0.87	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		63,882	58.67	n/a
Abstentions		45,003	41.33	n/a
Registered voters		108,885
Sources[1][3]

Lorca

Population: 64,711

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Lorca election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,297	37.31	n/a	9	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	6,695	26.87	n/a	7	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	4,053	16.27	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	2,956	11.86	n/a	3	n/a
	Independent Group of Lorca (GILorca)	1,917	7.69	n/a	2	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		24,918			25	n/a
Valid votes		24,918	99.15	n/a
Invalid votes		213	0.85	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		25,131	56.08	n/a
Abstentions		19,684	43.92	n/a
Registered voters		44,815
Sources[1][4]

Murcia

Population: 283,552

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Murcia election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	50,216	44.14	n/a	13	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	46,526	40.90	n/a	12	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	11,226	9.87	n/a	2	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)	1,925	1.69	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,721	1.51	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	1,019	0.90	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	524	0.46	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))	246	0.22	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	210	0.18	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	146	0.13	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	1	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		113,760			27	n/a
Valid votes		113,760	99.18	n/a
Invalid votes		943	0.82	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		114,703	61.52	n/a
Abstentions		71,735	38.48	n/a
Registered voters		186,438
Sources[1][5]

References

1. "Municipal elections in the Region of Murcia since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. Murcia". elecciones.eldiario.es (in Spanish). eldiario.es. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
3. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Cartagena Municipality". www.infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Lorca Municipality". www.infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
5. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Murcia Municipality". www.infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 June 2020.