Murcia (Congress of Deputies constituency) explained
Murcia is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects 10 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Murcia. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.
Electoral system
The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,[2] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.[3]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over twenty-one and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish; Castilian: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4] [5] 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting.[3] [6] [7] The use of the D'Hondt method may result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[8]
The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the Cortes at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.[6] [7]
Deputies
Elections
2023 general election
Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 307,972 | 41.18 | +14.67 | 4 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 189,210 | 25.30 | +0.52 | 3 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 163,124 | 21.81 | –6.14 | 2 | –1 |
| Unite (Sumar)1 | 71,578 | 9.57 | –1.19 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 | 5,063 | 0.68 | –0.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| For My Region (Por Mi Región)3 | 1,698 | 0.23 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank Seats to Leave Empty Seats (EB) | 1,377 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Front (FO) | 1,201 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) | 546 | 0.07 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Walking Together (CJ) | 453 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 376 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| System Money Referendum (+RDS+) | 165 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 5,034 | 0.67 | –0.06 | |
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| Total | 747,797 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 747,797 | 99.01 | +0.04 | |
| Invalid votes | 7,458 | 0.99 | –0.04 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 755,255 | 68.68 | +0.65 |
| Abstentions | 344,448 | 31.32 | –0.65 |
| Registered voters | 1,099,703 | |
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November 2019 general election
Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Vox (Vox) | 199,829 | 27.95 | +9.33 | 3 | +1 |
| People's Party (PP) | 189,500 | 26.51 | +3.08 | 3 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 177,154 | 24.78 | +0.01 | 3 | ±0 |
| United We Can (Podemos–IU) | 63,461 | 8.88 | –1.53 | 1 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 53,201 | 7.44 | –12.10 | 0 | –2 |
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| More Country–Equo (Más País–Equo) | 13,439 | 1.88 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 7,005 | 0.98 | –0.40 | 0 | ±0 |
| We Are Region (Somos Región) | 2,328 | 0.33 | –0.32 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 990 | 0.14 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 881 | 0.12 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 490 | 0.07 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| Left in Positive (IZQP) | 434 | 0.06 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 431 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo) | 317 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Plural Democracy (DPL) | 214 | 0.03 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 5,253 | 0.73 | +0.11 | |
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| Total | 714,927 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 714,927 | 98.97 | +0.04 | |
| Invalid votes | 7,418 | 1.03 | –0.04 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 722,345 | 68.03 | –5.50 |
| Abstentions | 339,496 | 31.97 | +5.50 |
| Registered voters | 1,061,841 | |
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April 2019 general election
Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 190,540 | 24.77 | +4.46 | 3 | +1 |
| People's Party (PP) | 180,163 | 23.43 | –23.25 | 2 | –3 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 150,289 | 19.54 | +3.85 | 2 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 143,234 | 18.62 | +18.25 | 2 | +2 |
| United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo) | 80,053 | 10.41 | –4.10 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 10,611 | 1.38 | +0.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| We Are Region (Somos Región) | 4,976 | 0.65 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 1,406 | 0.18 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 1,162 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Left in Positive (IZQP) | 712 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 663 | 0.09 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Plural Democracy (DPL) | 504 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 4,771 | 0.62 | +0.10 | |
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| Total | 769,084 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 769,084 | 98.93 | –0.24 | |
| Invalid votes | 8,339 | 1.07 | +0.24 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 777,423 | 73.53 | +3.95 |
| Abstentions | 279,873 | 26.47 | –3.95 |
| Registered voters | 1,057,296 | |
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2016 general election
Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 333,109 | 46.68 | +6.28 | 5 | ±0 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 144,937 | 20.31 | –0.01 | 2 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 111,961 | 15.69 | –1.98 | 2 | ±0 |
| United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)1 | 103,522 | 14.51 | –3.82 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 8,209 | 1.15 | +0.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 2,622 | 0.37 | –0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 2,083 | 0.29 | –0.46 | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 1,305 | 0.18 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank Seats (EB) | 1,069 | 0.15 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 627 | 0.09 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 235 | 0.03 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spain Elders' Force (FME) | 200 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 3,713 | 0.52 | –0.10 | |
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| Total | 713,592 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 713,592 | 99.17 | +0.04 | |
| Invalid votes | 5,944 | 0.83 | –0.04 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 719,536 | 69.58 | –1.56 |
| Abstentions | 314,539 | 30.42 | +1.56 |
| Registered voters | 1,034,075 | |
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2015 general election
Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| People's Party (PP) | 293,943 | 40.40 | –23.82 | 5 | –3 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 147,883 | 20.32 | –0.67 | 2 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 128,570 | 17.67 | New | 2 | +2 |
| We Can (Podemos) | 110,601 | 15.20 | New | 1 | +1 |
| Popular Unity in Common–United Left/Greens (UPeC–IU) | 22,767 | 3.13 | –2.57 | 0 | ±0 |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 6,591 | 0.91 | +0.55 | 0 | ±0 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 5,442 | 0.75 | –5.51 | 0 | ±0 |
| Vox (Vox) | 3,282 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 1,268 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank Seats (EB) | 1,063 | 0.15 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 1,051 | 0.14 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 330 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Death to the System (+MAS+) | 313 | 0.04 | –0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 4,511 | 0.62 | –0.29 | |
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| Total | 727,615 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 727,615 | 99.13 | +0.06 | |
| Invalid votes | 6,382 | 0.87 | –0.06 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 733,997 | 71.14 | –2.97 |
| Abstentions | 297,736 | 28.86 | +2.97 |
| Registered voters | 1,031,733 | |
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2011 general election
Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 471,851 | 64.22 | +2.98 | 8 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 154,225 | 20.99 | –11.86 | 2 | –1 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 45,984 | 6.26 | +5.32 | 0 | ±0 |
| United Left–Greens of the Region of Murcia Plural Left (IU–V–RM)
| 41,896 | 5.70 | +2.76 | 0 | ±0 |
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| Equo (Equo) | 4,464 | 0.61 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 2,629 | 0.36 | +0.21 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank Seats (EB) | 1,745 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 1,130 | 0.15 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 1,127 | 0.15 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Death to the System (+MAS+) | 791 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Party for the Regeneration of Democracy in Spain (PRDE) | 678 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Centre and Democracy Forum (CyD) | 528 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Republicans (RPS) | 485 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 465 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 6,688 | 0.91 | +0.17 | |
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| Total | 734,686 | | 10 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 734,686 | 99.07 | –0.23 | |
| Invalid votes | 6,868 | 0.93 | +0.23 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 741,554 | 74.11 | –5.47 |
| Abstentions | 259,070 | 25.89 | +5.47 |
| Registered voters | 1,000,624 | |
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2008 general election
Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 469,380 | 61.24 | +3.82 | 7 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 251,822 | 32.85 | –2.15 | 3 | ±0 |
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| United Left of the Region of Murcia–Alternative (IURM) | 22,512 | 2.94 | –1.33 | 0 | ±0 |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 7,172 | 0.94 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| The Greens (Verdes) | 3,496 | 0.46 | –0.52 | 0 | ±0 |
| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 1,178 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 767 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 717 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 666 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 432 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 431 | 0.06 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 417 | 0.05 | –0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| National Democracy (DN) | 333 | 0.04 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 318 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 292 | 0.04 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Authentic Phalanx (FA) | 176 | 0.02 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Alternative (AES) | 175 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| National Alliance (AN) | 132 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Front (Frente) | 132 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Centrist Party (PCTR) | 124 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spain 2000 (E–2000) | 116 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Carlist Traditionalist Communion (CTC) | 76 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 5,649 | 0.74 | –0.69 | |
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| Total | 766,510 | | 10 | +1 |
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| Valid votes | 766,510 | 99.30 | –0.08 | |
| Invalid votes | 5,402 | 0.70 | +0.08 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 771,912 | 79.58 | +2.52 |
| Abstentions | 198,034 | 20.42 | –2.52 |
| Registered voters | 969,946 | |
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2004 general election
Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 413,902 | 57.42 | –0.66 | 6 | ±0 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 252,246 | 35.00 | +2.62 | 3 | ±0 |
| United Left (IU) | 30,787 | 4.27 | –1.97 | 0 | ±0 |
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| The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) | 7,074 | 0.98 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,153 | 0.16 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 957 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 657 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Republican Left (IR) | 521 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) | 426 | 0.06 | –0.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 419 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| National Workers' Party (PNT) | 379 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Authentic Phalanx (FA) | 361 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 353 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens' Convergence of the South-East (CCSE) | 308 | 0.04 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| National Democracy (DN) | 258 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| National Democratic Party of Spain (PDNE) | 232 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| The Phalanx (FE) | 228 | 0.03 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| Republican Social Movement (MSR) | 183 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 10,331 | 1.43 | +0.36 | |
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| Total | 720,775 | | 9 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 720,775 | 99.38 | –0.05 | |
| Invalid votes | 4,491 | 0.62 | +0.05 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 725,266 | 77.06 | +3.52 |
| Abstentions | 215,879 | 22.94 | –3.52 |
| Registered voters | 941,145 | |
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2000 general election
Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 389,564 | 58.08 | +8.19 | 6 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p) | 217,179 | 32.38 | –5.61 | 3 | ±0 |
| United Left (IU) | 41,842 | 6.24 | –4.29 | 0 | –1 |
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| The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) | 6,555 | 0.98 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) | 2,362 | 0.35 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) | 1,389 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Self-employed Spanish Party (PEDA) | 1,130 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Citizens' Convergence of the South-East (CCSE) | 645 | 0.10 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 635 | 0.09 | –0.18 | 0 | ±0 |
| The Phalanx (FE) | 604 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| New Region (NR) | 598 | 0.09 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| Natural Law Party (PLN) | 410 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000) | 383 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Catalan State (EC) | 203 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 7,185 | 1.07 | +0.28 | |
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| Total | 670,684 | | 9 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 670,684 | 99.43 | –0.11 | |
| Invalid votes | 3,832 | 0.57 | +0.11 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 674,516 | 73.54 | –8.46 |
| Abstentions | 242,701 | 26.46 | +8.46 |
| Registered voters | 917,217 | |
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1996 general election
Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 350,337 | 49.89 | +2.60 | 5 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 266,738 | 37.99 | –0.60 | 3 | –1 |
| United Left–The Greens Region of Murcia (IU–LV) | 73,961 | 10.53 | +0.82 | 1 | ±0 |
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| Centrist Union (UC) | 1,916 | 0.27 | –1.93 | 0 | ±0 |
| New Region (NR) | 1,452 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) | 892 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Alliance for National Unity (AUN) | 711 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) | 669 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 5,516 | 0.79 | +0.27 | |
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| Total | 702,192 | | 9 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 702,192 | 99.54 | +0.06 | |
| Invalid votes | 3,251 | 0.46 | –0.06 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 705,443 | 82.00 | +0.44 |
| Abstentions | 154,862 | 18.00 | –0.44 |
| Registered voters | 860,305 | |
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1993 general election
Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| People's Party (PP) | 310,507 | 47.29 | +17.31 | 4 | +1 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 253,324 | 38.59 | –7.47 | 4 | –1 |
| United Left (IU) | 63,717 | 9.71 | +0.52 | 1 | +1 |
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| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 14,442 | 2.20 | –8.16 | 0 | –1 |
| The Greens (LV) | 5,085 | 0.77 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| The Ecologists (LE) | 1,685 | 0.26 | –0.44 | 0 | ±0 |
| Rainbow (Arcoiris) | 1,407 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM) | 1,399 | 0.21 | –0.91 | 0 | ±0 |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) | 686 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 487 | 0.07 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| Natural Law Party (PLN) | 362 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 3,433 | 0.52 | +0.05 | |
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| Total | 656,534 | | 9 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 656,534 | 99.48 | +0.15 | |
| Invalid votes | 3,418 | 0.52 | –0.15 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 659,952 | 81.56 | +7.31 |
| Abstentions | 149,234 | 18.44 | –7.31 |
| Registered voters | 809,186 | |
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1989 general election
Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 256,107 | 46.06 | –2.79 | 5 | ±0 |
| People's Party (PP)1 | 166,712 | 29.98 | –4.35 | 3 | ±0 |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 57,634 | 10.36 | +2.02 | 1 | +1 |
| United Left (IU) | 51,105 | 9.19 | +4.67 | 0 | ±0 |
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| Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) | 6,253 | 1.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| The Ecologist Greens (LVE) | 3,905 | 0.70 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| The Greens–Green List (LV–LV) | 3,589 | 0.65 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 2,963 | 0.53 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 1,602 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)2 | 1,557 | 0.28 | –0.28 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 836 | 0.15 | –0.13 | 0 | ±0 |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 633 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Alliance for the Republic (AxR)3 | 547 | 0.10 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,640 | 0.47 | –0.02 | |
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| Total | 556,083 | | 9 | +1 |
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| Valid votes | 556,083 | 99.33 | +0.82 | |
| Invalid votes | 3,741 | 0.67 | –0.82 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 559,824 | 74.25 | –0.41 |
| Abstentions | 194,156 | 25.75 | +0.41 |
| Registered voters | 753,980 | |
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1986 general election
Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 261,922 | 48.85 | –1.91 | 5 | ±0 |
| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1 | 184,109 | 34.33 | –1.25 | 3 | ±0 |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 44,724 | 8.34 | +6.42 | 0 | ±0 |
| United Left (IU)2 | 24,222 | 4.52 | +0.76 | 0 | ±0 |
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| Democratic Reformist Party (PRD) | 7,067 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communists' Unity Board (MUC) | 3,005 | 0.56 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,959 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 1,488 | 0.28 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Murcian Regionalist Party (PRM) | 1,401 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 1,352 | 0.25 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| Republican Popular Unity (UPR)3 | 884 | 0.16 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 881 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) | 580 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,624 | 0.49 | +0.14 | |
|
| Total | 536,218 | | 8 | ±0 |
|
| Valid votes | 536,218 | 98.51 | +0.02 | |
| Invalid votes | 8,105 | 1.49 | –0.02 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 544,323 | 74.66 | –7.83 |
| Abstentions | 184,718 | 25.34 | +7.83 |
| Registered voters | 729,041 | |
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1982 general election
Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 270,552 | 50.76 | +11.61 | 5 | +1 |
| People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP)1 | 189,642 | 35.58 | +29.90 | 3 | +3 |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 34,354 | 6.45 | –32.62 | 0 | –4 |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 20,065 | 3.76 | –4.15 | 0 | ±0 |
|
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 10,211 | 1.92 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| New Force (FN)2 | 2,501 | 0.47 | –1.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 1,007 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 708 | 0.13 | –0.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) | 555 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unity Candidacy (CUC)3 | 527 | 0.10 | –0.13 | 0 | ±0 |
| Falangist Movement of Spain (MFE) | 522 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l)) | 463 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Movement of the Murcian Region (MCRM) | 0 | 0.00 | –0.25 | 0 | ±0 |
| Socialist Party (PS)4 | 0 | 0.00 | –1.71 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 1,854 | 0.35 | –0.11 | |
|
| Total | 532,961 | | 8 | ±0 |
|
| Valid votes | 532,961 | 98.49 | –0.26 | |
| Invalid votes | 8,197 | 1.51 | +0.26 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 541,158 | 82.49 | +9.78 |
| Abstentions | 114,894 | 17.51 | –9.78 |
| Registered voters | 656,052 | |
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1979 general election
Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 | 178,621 | 39.15 | –0.85 | 4 | ±0 |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 178,229 | 39.07 | –1.63 | 4 | ±0 |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 36,090 | 7.91 | +1.22 | 0 | ±0 |
| Democratic Coalition (CD)2 | 25,903 | 5.68 | –1.08 | 0 | ±0 |
|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)3 | 7,784 | 1.71 | +0.39 | 0 | ±0 |
| National Union (UN)4 | 6,925 | 1.52 | +1.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| Cantonal Party (PCAN) | 6,290 | 1.38 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)5 | 4,715 | 1.03 | +0.45 | 0 | ±0 |
| Carlist Party (PC) | 1,847 | 0.40 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)6 | 1,841 | 0.40 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 1,684 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) | 1,469 | 0.32 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) | 1,157 | 0.25 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Workers' Communist Party (PCT) | 1,050 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) | 522 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Union for the Freedom of Speech (ULE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Communist League (LC) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,082 | 0.46 | +0.31 | |
|
| Total | 456,209 | | 8 | ±0 |
|
| Valid votes | 456,209 | 98.75 | –0.26 | |
| Invalid votes | 5,762 | 1.25 | +0.26 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 461,971 | 72.71 | –9.09 |
| Abstentions | 173,405 | 27.29 | +9.09 |
| Registered voters | 635,376 | |
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1977 general election
Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Murcia| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
|---|
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 181,633 | 40.70 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 155,871 | 34.93 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| People's Alliance (AP) | 30,167 | 6.76 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 29,840 | 6.69 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US) | 22,627 | 5.07 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
|
| Federation of Christian Democracy (FPD–ID) | 9,166 | 2.05 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance (ASDCI) | 5,886 | 1.32 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Workers' Electoral Group (AET) | 2,606 | 0.58 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| New Force (FN) | 2,313 | 0.52 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Spanish Social Reform (RSE) | 2,291 | 0.51 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) | 1,668 | 0.37 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Democratic Left Front (FDI) | 1,544 | 0.35 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | 660 | 0.15 | n/a | |
|
| Total | 446,272 | | 8 | n/a |
|
| Valid votes | 446,272 | 99.01 | n/a | |
| Invalid votes | 4,480 | 0.99 | n/a |
| Votes cast / turnout | 450,752 | 81.80 | n/a |
| Abstentions | 100,269 | 18.20 | n/a |
| Registered voters | 551,021 | |
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- Ley 1/1977, de 4 de enero, para la Reforma Política] ]. Law . 1 . es . 4 January 1977 . 27 December 2016.
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- Web site: Reig Pellicer . Naiara . 16 December 2015 . Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote . cafebabel.co.uk . 17 July 2017.
- News: Araque Conde . Pilar . 8 June 2022 . El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero . es . Público . Madrid . 31 July 2022.
- Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales . Royal Decree-Law . 20 . es . 18 March 1977 . 14 December 2019.
- Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General . Organic Law . 5 . es . 19 June 1985 . 30 January 2020.
- Web site: Gallagher . Michael . 30 July 2012 . Effective threshold in electoral systems . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php . dead . 30 July 2017 . Trinity College, Dublin . 22 July 2017.
- Boletín Oficial del Estado . 209 . 1 September 2023 . es . Resolución de 30 de agosto de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 400/2023, de 29 de mayo, y celebradas el 23 de julio de 2023, conforme a las actas de escrutinio general y de proclamación de electos remitidas por las correspondientes Juntas Electorales Provinciales y por las Juntas Electorales de Ceuta y de Melilla . 0212-033X . 122201–122274.
- Web site: Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales . es . . 15 April 2022.
