# Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Region of Murcia on 10 June 1987. 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 | 168,596 | Cantonal Party (PCAN) | Cantonal Party (PCAN) |
| Lorca | 65,458 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Murcia | 303,257 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### Cartagena

    Population: 168,596
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 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 | +/− |
| | Cantonal Party (PCAN) | 26,343 | 34.52 | +16.58 | 10 | +5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 25,900 | 33.94 | –14.36 | 10 | –4 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 13,372 | 17.52 | –8.11 | 5 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 4,239 | 5.55 | –0.38 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,109 | 5.38 | +3.96 | 1 | +1 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 733 | 0.96 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 428 | 0.56 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 327 | 0.43 | –0.36 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 209 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 651 | 0.85 | +0.85 | | |
| Total | Total | 76,311 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 76,311 | 98.39 | –1.61 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,246 | 1.61 | +1.61 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 77,557 | 65.00 | +6.11 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,762 | 35.00 | –6.11 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 119,319 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Lorca

    Population: 65,458
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 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) | 17,038 | 54.49 | –5.97 | 15 | –1 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 7,515 | 24.03 | –4.99 | 6 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 2,612 | 8.35 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Independent Solution (SI) | 2,012 | 6.43 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 1,790 | 5.72 | +0.51 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 51 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | n/a | n/a | –5.31 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 251 | 0.80 | +0.80 | | |
| Total | Total | 31,269 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,269 | 98.95 | –1.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 332 | 1.05 | +1.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 31,601 | 66.98 | +6.54 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 15,577 | 33.02 | –6.54 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 47,178 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Murcia

    Population: 303,257
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 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 | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 56,919 | 37.75 | –10.86 | 12 | –2 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 52,128 | 34.57 | –6.53 | 10 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 25,491 | 16.91 | +14.62 | 5 | +5 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 11,427 | 7.58 | +0.49 | 2 | +1 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 877 | 0.58 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Murcian Regionalist Party (PRM) | 833 | 0.55 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 640 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 471 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 359 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 309 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,326 | 0.88 | +0.88 | | |
| Total | Total | 150,780 | | | 29 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 150,780 | 98.94 | –1.06 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,611 | 1.06 | +1.06 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 152,391 | 71.43 | +6.78 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 60,946 | 28.57 | –6.78 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 213,337 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||