Podemos Region of Murcia

Podemos Region of Murcia is a branch of Podemos in the Region of Murcia, Spain.^[3]

Podemos Region of Murcia
General Secretary	Javier Sánchez Serna
Founded	17 January 2014
Headquarters	C/ Cartagena, 84 Bajo 30002 Murcia
Ideology	Left-wing populism[1]
Political position	Left-wing[2]
Colours	Purple
Regional Assembly of Murcia	2 / 45
Congreso de los Diputados (Murcian seats)	1 / 10
Website
rmurcia.podemos.info
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

In July 2014, the fourth assembly of the Murcian branch was held, with the objective of joining all the Podemos groups of the region into the party.^[4] After primaries process ended on 14 February 2015, the first Citizen Regional Council was elected. Óscar Urralburu Arza was elected the secretary general.^[5][6]

In the 2015 Murcian parliamentary election, Murcia Podemos won six seats,^[7] forming a parliamentary group in Regional Assembly of Murcia.

For the first time, no party has an absolute majority ^[8] and the People's Party (Spain) now depend on Citizens (Spanish political party) to form a government^[9] despite a prior agreement with Podemos and other parties in which C's agreed not to support the PP.^[10]

Electoral performance

Regional Assembly of Murcia

Date	Votes			Seats		Status	Size
	#	%	±pp	#	±
2015	84,577	13.2%	+13.2	6 / 45	6	Opposition	3rd
2019	36,486	5.6%	-7.6	2 / 45	4	Opposition	5th

Cortes Generales

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Size #  % ±pp # ± 2015 110,601 15.2% +15.2 1 / 10 1 4th 2016 103,522 14.5% N/A 1 / 10 0 * 2019 (Apr) 79,650 10.4% N/A 1 / 10 0 * 2019 (Nov) 62,897 8.8% N/A 1 / 10 0 *

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2015 0 / 4 0 4th 2016 0 / 4 0 * 2019 (Apr) 0 / 4 0 * 2019 (Nov) 0 / 4 0 *

• * Within Unidos Podemos.

European Parliament

Date	Votes			Size
	#	%	±pp
2014	32,428	7.6%	+7.6	5th
2019	51,316	8.0%	N/A	*

• *Within Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa.

Symbols

• 
  Logo from July 2014 to May 2020.

References

1. Carlos de la Torre (11 December 2014). The Promise and Perils of Populism: Global Perspectives. University Press of Kentucky. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-8131-4687-4.
2. "Spain's ruling PP wins EU vote, political fragmentation rises". Reuters. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. Ministerio del Interior. "Ficha de partido político: Podemos". Retrieved 24 May 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Nace Podemos Región de Murcia". La Opinión de Murcia. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
5. "Óscar Urralburu liderará Podemos en Murcia". La Verdad. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
6. "Urralburu, el líder de Podemos en la Región". La Opinión de Murcia. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
7. "Proclamación oficial de candidatos electos a las Elecciones a la Asamblea Regional 2015". BORM. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
8. "Elecciones a la Asamblea Regional de Murcia". Regional Assembly of Murcia. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
9. Fernando Betancor. "Spanish election: analysis of an earthquake". openDemocracy. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
10. "Five parties in the Murcia region have sealed a pre-election pact against the PP". Typically Spanish. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Official website of Podemos