Editing Murcia (section)

== Government ==
As [[2019 Spanish local elections|generally in Spain]], the governors are elected indirectly by voting for a political party in a day for municipal and autonomous community (the regions in Spain) elections every four years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General.|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672|access-date=2021-01-03|website=BOE.es – Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|at=article 42, article 194|language=es}}</ref> The governors that are elected compose a government body named ''pleno'', which has 30 members in Murcia. The ''[[alcalde]]'' (head governor in a municipality) chooses 10 members from the ''pleno'' in order to compose a governing cabinet named ''junta de gobierno'', which has 10 members in Murcia. There are 7 partisans (including the ''alcalde'') of [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] party and 3 partisans of [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Ciudadanos]] in the ''junta de gobierno''. The largest government body also includes 9 partisans of [[Spanish Socialist Worker's Party|PSOE]] (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), 3 partisans of [[Vox (political party)|Vox]] and 2 partisans of [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]] and [[Equo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Composición del Pleno – Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia|url=https://www.murcia.es/web/portal/composicion|access-date=2020-12-23|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Composición de la Junta de Gobierno – Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia|url=https://www.murcia.es/es/web/portal/composicion-de-la-junta-de-gobierno|access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref>

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!colspan=2|Governing party
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|2003–2007
|Partido Popular<ref>{{cite web|title=Elecciones municipales 2007 MURCIA│elmundo.es|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2007/05/elecciones_mayo_2007/2007/05/27/seccion_02/1180216848.html|language=es}}</ref>
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|2007–2011
|Partido Popular<ref>{{cite web|title=Resultados Electorales en Murcia: Elecciones Municipales 2007 en EL PAÍS|url=https://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2007/municipales/15/30/30.html/|language=es|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919162535/https://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2007/municipales/15/30/30.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2011–2015
|Partido Popular<ref>{{cite web|title=Resultados Electorales en Murcia: Elecciones Municipales 2011 en EL PAÍS|url=https://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2007/municipales/15/30/30.html/|language=es|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919162535/https://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2007/municipales/15/30/30.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2015–2019
|Partido Popular<ref>{{cite web|title=Ballesta logra para el PP la alcaldía de Murcia y MC gobernará en Cartagena|date=13 June 2015 |url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/2015/06/13/ballesta-sera-alcalde-murcia-abstencion/655017.html|language=es}}</ref>
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|2019–2021
|Partido Popular
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|2021–2023
|Partido Socialista Obrero Español<ref>{{cite web|last=Gonzálvez|first=Santiago Cabrera Catanesi, Erena Calvo, Elisa Reche, María José|date=2021-03-25|title=PSOE, Ciudadanos y Podemos sacan adelante la moción de censura en Murcia y el PP pierde la alcaldía tras 26 años|url=https://www.eldiario.es/murcia/politica/mocion-censura-desbancar-pp-capital-murcia-sale-adelante_1_7345258.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=ElDiario.es|language=es}}</ref>
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