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This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 8 May 1983. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

City control

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

Municipalities

Cartagena

Population: 167,936

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Cartagena election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	33,255	48.30	+18.44	14	+5
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	17,648	25.63	+22.62	7	+7
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	12,356	17.94	–5.36	5	–2
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	4,080	5.93	–6.50	1	–2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	977	1.42	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	542	0.79	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–27.32	0	–8
Blank ballots		0	0.00	±0.00
Total		68,858			27	±0
Valid votes		68,858	100.00	+0.87
Invalid votes		0	0.00	–0.87
Votes cast / turnout		68,858	58.89	+0.22
Abstentions		48,068	41.11	–0.22
Registered voters		116,926
Sources
Footnotes: People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.

Lorca

Population: 61,879

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Lorca election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	16,473	60.46	+23.15	16	+7
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	7,908	29.02	+12.75	7	+3
	Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)	1,447	5.31	New	1	+1
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	1,420	5.21	–6.65	1	–2
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–26.87	0	–7
	Independent Group of Lorca (GILorca)	n/a	n/a	–7.69	0	–2
Blank ballots		0	0.00	±0.00
Total		27,248			25	±0
Valid votes		27,248	100.00	+0.85
Invalid votes		0	0.00	–0.85
Votes cast / turnout		27,248	60.44	+4.36
Abstentions		17,838	39.56	–4.36
Registered voters		45,086
Sources
Footnotes: People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.

Murcia

Population: 284,585

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Murcia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	63,369	48.61	+4.47	14	+1
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	53,572	41.10	+39.59	11	+11
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	9,236	7.09	–2.78	2	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	2,981	2.29	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)	1,193	0.92	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–40.90	0	–12
Blank ballots		0	0.00	±0.00
Total		130,351			27	±0
Valid votes		130,351	100.00	+0.82
Invalid votes		0	0.00	–0.82
Votes cast / turnout		130,351	64.65	+3.13
Abstentions		71,263	35.35	–3.13
Registered voters		201,614
Sources
Footnotes: People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.

See also

• 1983 Murcian regional election

References

1. ^ "Elecciones Municipales en la Región de Murcia (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 8 de mayo de 1983. Murcia". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
3. "Antonio Vallejo, del Partido Cantonal, elegido nuevo alcalde de Cartagena". El País (in Spanish). 28 February 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1983. Cartagena Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
5. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1983. Lorca Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
6. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1983. Murcia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
7. "Elecciones municipales en Murcia (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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