# Results breakdown of the 1983 Spanish local elections (Region of Murcia)

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.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| Cartagena | 167,936 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PCAN in 1987) |
| Lorca | 61,879 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Murcia | 284,585 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### Cartagena

    Population: 167,936
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 33,255 | 48.30 | +18.44 | 14 | +5 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 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 | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 68,858 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 68,858 | 100.00 | +0.87 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –0.87 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 68,858 | 58.89 | +0.22 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 48,068 | 41.11 | –0.22 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 116,926 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ 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 | 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) | 16,473 | 60.46 | +23.15 | 16 | +7 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 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 | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 27,248 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,248 | 100.00 | +0.85 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –0.85 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 27,248 | 60.44 | +4.36 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,838 | 39.56 | –4.36 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,086 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ 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 | 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) | 63,369 | 48.61 | +4.47 | 14 | +1 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 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 | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 130,351 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 130,351 | 100.00 | +0.82 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –0.82 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 130,351 | 64.65 | +3.13 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 71,263 | 35.35 | –3.13 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 201,614 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. |||||||