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 alliances		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 alliances		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] [3]

Murcia

Population: 283,552

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

Parties and alliances		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] [3]

References

1. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en la Región de Murcia (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. Murcia". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.