Murcia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Murcia
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
Location of Murcia within Spain.
Province	Province of Murcia
Autonomous community	Region of Murcia
Population	1,467,049 (2015)
Electorate	1,031,727 (2015)
Major settlements	Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca, Molina de Segura
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	8 (1977–1986) 9 (1989–2004) 10 (2008–)

Coordinates: 38°00′N 1°50′W / 38.000°N 1.833°W Murcia is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. The method of election is the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

Murcia, with over 400,000 inhabitants, and Cartagena, with over 200,000, are the largest towns and together account for almost half of the district's electorate and population. Lorca are the only other municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. The district has produced some of the strongest historical performances for the People's Party in the 2008 and 2011 elections, and for any party in a Spanish electoral district.

Results

General elections

2011

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8

Vote share

  PP (64.2%)

  PSOE (21.0%)

  UPyD (6.3%)

  IU (5.7%)

  Other (2.8%)

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	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
	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
Total		734,686	100.00		10	±0
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
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

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7

Vote share

  PP (61.2%)

  PSOE (32.9%)

  IURM (2.9%)

  Other (3%)

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	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
	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 (LV)	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

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		4,537	0.59	–	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 Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	318	0.04	0.01	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	292	0.04	0.05	0	±0
	Authentic Falange (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
Total		766,510	100.00		10	1
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
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1977