Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 10 June 1987. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). ^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Cartagena	168,596		Cantonal Party (PCAN)		Cantonal Party (PCAN)
Lorca	65,458		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia	303,257		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Cartagena

Population: 168,596

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Cartagena election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	26,343	34.52	+16.58	10	+5
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	25,900	33.94	–14.36	10	–4
	People's Alliance (AP)1	13,372	17.52	–8.11	5	–2
	United Left (IU)2	4,239	5.55	–0.38	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,109	5.38	+3.96	1	+1
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	733	0.96	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	428	0.56	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	327	0.43	–0.36	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	209	0.27	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		651	0.85	+0.85
Total		76,311			27	±0
Valid votes		76,311	98.39	–1.61
Invalid votes		1,246	1.61	+1.61
Votes cast / turnout		77,557	65.00	+6.11
Abstentions		41,762	35.00	–6.11
Registered voters		119,319
Sources [1] [4] [5]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

Lorca

Population: 65,458

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Lorca election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	17,038	54.49	–5.97	15	–1
	People's Alliance (AP)1	7,515	24.03	–4.99	6	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,612	8.35	New	2	+2
	Independent Solution (SI)	2,012	6.43	New	1	+1
	United Left (IU)2	1,790	5.72	+0.51	1	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	51	0.16	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)	n/a	n/a	–5.31	0	–1
Blank ballots		251	0.80	+0.80
Total		31,269			25	±0
Valid votes		31,269	98.95	–1.05
Invalid votes		332	1.05	+1.05
Votes cast / turnout		31,601	66.98	+6.54
Abstentions		15,577	33.02	–6.54
Registered voters		47,178
Sources [1] [4] [6]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

Murcia

Population: 303,257

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Murcia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	56,919	37.75	–10.86	12	–2
	People's Alliance (AP)1	52,128	34.57	–6.53	10	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	25,491	16.91	+14.62	5	+5
	United Left (IU)2	11,427	7.58	+0.49	2	+1
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	877	0.58	New	0	±0
	Murcian Regionalist Party (PRM)	833	0.55	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	640	0.42	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	471	0.31	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	359	0.24	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	309	0.20	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,326	0.88	+0.88
Total		150,780			29	+2
Valid votes		150,780	98.94	–1.06
Invalid votes		1,611	1.06	+1.06
Votes cast / turnout		152,391	71.43	+6.78
Abstentions		60,946	28.57	–6.78
Registered voters		213,337
Sources [1] [4] [7] [8]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

See also

• 1987 Murcian regional election

References

1. "Elecciones Municipales en la Región de Murcia (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 10 de junio de 1987. Murcia". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
3. "10J/Elecciones Municipales 1987. Región de Murcia". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
4. "Resultados de las elecciones municipales celebradas el 10 de junio de 1987" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. June 1987. Cartagena Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
6. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. June 1987. Lorca Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
7. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. June 1987. Murcia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
8. "Elecciones municipales en Murcia (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.