Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)
# Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 25 May 2003. 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.

| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cartagena | 188,003 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) |
| Lorca | 79,481 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Murcia | 377,888 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) |

## Municipalities

### Cartagena

    Population: 188,003

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Cartagena election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 48,159 | 55.70 | +5.10 | 16 | –1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 25,842 | 29.89 | +1.06 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Citizens' Movement of Cartagena $(MCC)^1$ | 4,507 | 5.21 | –1.79 | 1 | +1 |
| | United Left of the Region of Murcia (IURM) | 4,439 | 5.13 | –0.51 | 1 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 1,826 | 2.11 | +0.77 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens' Convergence of the South-East (CCSE) | 489 | 0.57 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,207 | 1.40 | –0.09 | | |
| Total | Total | 86,469 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 86,469 | 99.17 | –0.18 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 726 | 0.83 | +0.18 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 87,195 | 59.27 | +3.71 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 59,908 | 40.73 | –3.71 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 147,103 | | | | |
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| Footnotes: $^1$ Citizens' Movement of Cartagena results are compared to the combined totals of Coalition for Cartagena. Convergence–Cantonal Party and Minor Sea Independent Party–Neighbourhood Indep. Movement in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Lorca

    Population: 79,481

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Lorca election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 20,731 | 54.84 | –9.61 | 14 | –3 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 13,607 | 36.00 | +7.14 | 9 | +1 |
| | United Left of the Region of Murcia (IURM) | 3,004 | 7.95 | +3.25 | 2 | +2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 458 | 1.21 | +0.18 | | |
| Total | Total | 37,800 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,800 | 99.15 | –0.15 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 323 | 0.85 | +0.15 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 38,123 | 63.46 | –5.11 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 21,948 | 36.54 | +5.11 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 60,071 | | | | |
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### Murcia

    Population: 377,888

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Murcia election results → :

| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 121,684 | 60.06 | +2.38 | 19 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 62,033 | 30.62 | –0.58 | 10 | +1 |
| | United Left of the Region of Murcia (IURM) | 10,004 | 4.94 | –2.28 | 0 | –2 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 4,937 | 2.44 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 3,961 | 1.95 | +0.08 | | |
| Total | Total | 202,619 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 202,619 | 99.47 | +0.03 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,084 | 0.53 | –0.03 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 203,703 | 69.39 | +3.45 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 89,851 | 30.61 | –3.45 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 293,554 | | | | |
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