# 2023 Caravaca de la Cruz municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [Región de Murcia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia.md) / [Caravaca de la Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz.md), May 28, 2023

Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez won with 67.9% of the vote, 41.8 points ahead of Maria Jose Soria Martinez.

> List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots for the municipality from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. Valid votes here are the votes to candidacies; blank ballots, which the ministry counts as valid, are stored apart. Seats are the councillors the ministry declares for each list, and the elected councillors are the candidates it flags as elected.

> List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots by polling station (mesa) from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. A mesa sits on its census section where the section code is in the 2025 INE section map, otherwise on its municipality. The mesa figures add up to the municipality's official totals exactly.

Seats: PP 15, PSOE 5, and Vox 1.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | PP | 8,908 | 67.9% | Won |
| Maria Jose Soria Martinez | PSOE | 3,431 | 26.2% | Won |
| Antonio Castor Puerta Yuste | Vox | 771 | 5.9% | Won |

Valid votes: 13,110

Turnout: 68.3% (13,365 of 19,559 registered)

## Candidate lists

21 seats filled from ranked party lists

### Partido Popular

8,908 votes, 15 seats

2. Monica Sanchez Garcia (Elected)
3. Jose Santiago Villa Plaza (Elected)
4. Ana Belen Martinez Fernandez (Elected)
5. Jose Fernandez Tudela (Elected)
6. Lydia Melgares Carrasco (Elected)
7. Jose Antonio Garcia Sanchez (Elected)
8. Francisco Javier Lopez Lopez (Elected)
9. Joaquin Zaplana Garcia (Elected)
10. Ana Maria Fernandez Martinez (Elected)
11. Anastasio Aznar Diaz (Elected)
12. Juan Manuel Navarro Martinez (Elected)
13. Isabel Lopez Sanchez (Elected)
14. Salvador Lopez Martinez (Elected)
15. Maria de La Cruz Perez Sanchez (Elected)

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16. Rosa Maria Lopez Martinez (Next in line)
17. Jose Marin Salcedo
18. Juana Sanchez Perez
19. Maria Teresa Salcedo Salcedo
20. Francisco Romero Rodriguez
21. Jose Maria Marin Alguacil

### PARTIDO SOCIALISTA OBRERO ESPAÑOL

3,431 votes, 5 seats

2. Pascual Adolfo Lopez Salueña (Elected)
3. Ana Belen Andreu Raigal (Elected)
4. Juan Carlos Castillo Abril (Elected)
5. Ursula Marin Alderete    (  Suli ) (Elected)

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6. Jose Antonio Perez Acacio (Next in line)
7. Maria Gloria Gomez Sanchez
8. Jose Juan Lopez Martinez
9. Maria Jose Robles Marin
10. Carlos Coronado Guirao
11. Josefa Martinez Asturiano
12. Antonio Garcia Perez
13. Marta Caballero Zamora
14. Briggette del Carmen Rueda Sarango
15. Isidro Castaño de Gea
16. Lidia Sanchez Martinez  ( Marco)
17. Marisol Montero Medina
18. Maria del Mar Sanchez Gonzalez
19. Jose Antonio Bruno Navarro
20. Jose Moreno Medina
21. Maria Isabel Ruzafa Celdran

### Vox

771 votes, 1 seat

2. Maria del Carmen Guirao Pallares (Next in line)
3. Juan Pablo Cabrera Forte
4. Vanesa Azorin Vicente
5. Jose Luis Galiana Ruiz
6. Antonio Perez Lopez
7. Maria Jesus Ruiz de Maya
8. Concepcion Perez Muñoz
9. Carlos Martinez Llamas
10. Francisco Perez Sanchez
11. Juan Francisco Caballero Garcia
12. Jorge Sanchez Gimenez
13. Antonio Anson Garcia
14. Ascension Martinez Blazquez
15. Rosario Hernandez Garcia
16. Enrique Gutierrez Guillen
17. Maria Cruz Sanchez Navarro
18. Jose Gomez Aroca
19. Juan Lopez Perez
20. Pilar Perez Gomez
21. Maria Dolores Micol Iniesta

## Results by census section

Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez leads in 26 census sections.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 68.0% | +41.3 | 606 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 57.2% | +18.6 | 435 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.3% | +47.8 | 435 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 75.7% | +58.0 | 478 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 68.6% | +44.3 | 458 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 57.0% | +20.0 | 370 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 66.1% | +35.4 | 322 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 60.8% | +27.2 | 342 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.0% | +48.4 | 434 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 68.1% | +44.8 | 480 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 67.0% | +43.6 | 582 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 70.1% | +48.9 | 603 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-13.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 65.5% | +38.6 | 505 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-14.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 67.4% | +37.6 | 423 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-15.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.6% | +51.1 | 656 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 68.9% | +42.3 | 563 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.8% | +48.5 | 650 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-18.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 66.7% | +39.2 | 630 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-19.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 69.7% | +44.8 | 634 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-20.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.6% | +48.5 | 497 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 62.5% | +29.8 | 648 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-22.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 65.7% | +37.2 | 411 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-23.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 70.6% | +45.4 | 540 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-24.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 65.5% | +36.7 | 469 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-25.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 70.3% | +48.5 | 441 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-26.md) | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 70.1% | +42.6 | 498 |

## Results by polling station

The archive doesn't have boundaries for these polling stations, so each one is listed under the census section it's in. 21 census sections have no results beyond those already shown above, so they aren't listed here.

| Census section | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Polling station 3001501018A | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 70.6% | +45.5 | 279 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Polling station 3001501018B | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 72.8% | +50.7 | 371 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Polling station 3001501022A | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 63.2% | +31.6 | 291 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Polling station 3001501022B | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 61.9% | +28.3 | 357 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Polling station 3001501012A | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 68.8% | +46.9 | 288 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Polling station 3001501012B | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.4% | +50.8 | 315 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-13.md) | Polling station 3001501013A | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 66.8% | +42.0 | 283 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-13.md) | Polling station 3001501013B | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 64.0% | +34.2 | 222 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-14.md) | Polling station 3001501014A | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 60.5% | +22.8 | 162 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-14.md) | Polling station 3001501014B | Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez | 71.6% | +46.7 | 261 |

## This race in other years

- May 28, 2023: Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez, Maria Jose Soria Martinez, Antonio Castor Puerta Yuste
- [May 26, 2019](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md): José Moreno Medina, Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez, Jose Carlos Gomez Fernandez
- [May 24, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento.md): Jose Moreno Medina, Jose Francisco Garcia Fernandez, Jose Carlos Gomez Fernandez, Juan Berbel Marin
- [May 22, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/es/murcia/caravaca-de-la-cruz/2011-05-22-local/ayuntamiento.md): Domingo Aranda Muñoz, Fernando Romera Lopez, Juan Berbel Marin, Miguel Sanchez Lopez

## Also on the ballot in Spain on May 28, 2023

- [Local races across Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2023-05-28-local.md) (8,090)

## Sources

- [Resultados electorales: elecciones municipales (ficheros de datos)](https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/proceso-electoral/), Ministerio del Interior. License: Reuse under Ley 37/2007 with the source cited

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