Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 26 May 1991. 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] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Cartagena	175,966		Cantonal Party (PCAN)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lorca	67,338		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia	322,911		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Cartagena

Population: 175,966

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Cartagena election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	30,046	43.78	+9.84	13	+3
	People's Party (PP)1	18,099	26.37	+8.29	8	+3
	United Left (IU)	8,193	11.94	+6.39	3	+2
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	7,654	11.15	−23.37	3	−7
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,966	2.86	−2.52	0	−1
	The Greens (LV)	976	1.42	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)2	441	0.64	+0.37	0	±0
	Left Popular Unity of Cartagena (UPIC)	305	0.44	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	115	0.17	−0.26	0	±0
Blank ballots		835	1.22	+0.37
Total		68,630			27	±0
Valid votes		68,630	99.30	+0.91
Invalid votes		486	0.70	−0.91
Votes cast / turnout		69,116	53.03	−11.97
Abstentions		61,210	46.97	+11.97
Registered voters		130,326
Sources [1] [3] [4]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.

Lorca

Population: 67,338

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Lorca election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	18,766	59.44	+4.95	17	+2
	People's Party (PP)1	7,619	24.13	−6.33	7	±0
	United Left (IU)	1,868	5.92	+0.20	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,346	4.26	−4.09	0	−2
	Left Popular Unity of Lorca (UPIL)	1,190	3.77	New	0	±0
	Murcianist Party (PM)	331	1.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		453	1.43	+0.63
Total		31,573			25	±0
Valid votes		31,573	98.10	−0.85
Invalid votes		610	1.90	+0.85
Votes cast / turnout		32,183	62.34	−4.64
Abstentions		19,438	37.66	+4.64
Registered voters		51,621
Sources [1] [3] [4]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and Independent Solution in the 1987 election.

Murcia

Population: 322,911

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Murcia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)1	63,301	40.87	+5.72	13	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	61,723	39.85	+2.10	13	+1
	United Left (IU)	15,124	9.76	+2.18	3	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	5,559	3.59	−13.32	0	−5
	Murcianist Party (PM)2	3,604	2.33	+1.78	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	2,527	1.63	New	0	±0
	Rainbow (Arcoiris)	1,104	0.71	New	0	±0
	Palmar Lesser Local Entity Political Association (APELMP)	618	0.40	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,327	0.86	−0.02
Total		154,887			29	±0
Valid votes		154,887	99.48	+0.54
Invalid votes		812	0.52	−0.54
Votes cast / turnout		155,699	65.70	−5.73
Abstentions		81,287	34.30	+5.73
Registered voters		236,986
Sources [1] [3] [4]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 Murcianist Party results are compared to Murcian Regionalist Party totals in the 1987 election.

See also

• 1991 Murcian regional election

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. 26 de mayo de 1991. Murcia". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
4. "Resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 391/1991, de 1 de abril, y celebradas el 26 de mayo de 1991, según los datos que figuran en las actas remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1052. 20 July 1991. ISSN   0212-033X . Retrieved 23 December 2025.