Regional Assembly of Murcia

The Regional Assembly of Murcia (Spanish: Asamblea Regional de Murcia) is the autonomous parliament of the Region of Murcia, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. The unicameral assembly, which contained 45 elected legislative seats, is located in the Murcian city of Cartagena, Spain.

Assembly of Murcia

Asamblea de Murcia
Parlamento de Murcia
10th Assembly of Murcia
Type
Type
HousesUnicameral
Leadership
Alberto Castillo, Cs
since 11 June 2019
Vice President
Miguel Ángel Miralles, PP
since 11 June 2019
Second Vice President
Gloria Alarcón, PSOE
since 11 June 2019
Secretary
Francisco José Carrera, Vox
since 11 June 2019
Second Secretary
Emilio Ivars, PSOE
since 11 June 2019
Structure
Seats45
Political groups
Government (30)
  •   PP (21)
  •   Vox (9)

Opposition (15)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
28 May 2023
Meeting place
Regional Assembly building
Cartagena, Murcia

This chamber functions include designating the President of Murcia, legislating on areas that are of autonomical jurisdiction and approving the community's budgets.

The Assembly of Murcia also designates a number of representatives to represent Murcia in the Spanish Senate, allocated by population.

Membership edit

Results of the elections to the Regional Assembly of Murcia edit

The representatives of the Assembly of Murcia are elected every four years under a system of party-list proportional representation.

Since 2015, there's an only constituency, with a threshold of 3%.[1] From 1983 to 2015, there were five constituencies, with a threshold of 5%: namely districts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.

Deputies in Regional Assembly of Murcia since 1983
Key to parties
  PCE
  IU
  PSOE
  Cs
  CDS
  PP
  CP
  AP
  Vox
Election Distribution President
1983
1 26 16
Andrés Hernández Ros (PSOE)
1987
1 25 3 16
Carlos Collado (PSOE)
1991
4 24 17
1995
4 15 26
Ramón Luis Valcárcel (PP)
1999
1 18 26
2003
1 16 28
2007
1 15 29
2011
1 11 33
2015
6 13 4 22
Pedro Antonio Sánchez (PP)
2019
2 17 6 16 4
Fernando López Miras (PP)
2023
2 13 21 9

References edit

  1. ^ Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (2015-09-24), Ley 14/2015, de 28 de julio, de reforma de la Ley 2/1987, de 24 de febrero, Electoral de la Región de Murcia, pp. 85737–85742, retrieved 2023-08-19