Municipal elections 2023: Mazarron candidate lists published

The political parties’ candidate lists for the municipal elections on May 28 have been published

The candidate lists for the political parties standing in the Mazarrón municipal election (which includes Camposol) on May 28 2023 have been published preparations continue for the start of the official campaign.

Unlike the UK, where the electorate votes for a single candidate, in Spain a type of proportional representation is deployed where each voter casts their vote for a party. In the case of Mazarrón there are 21 seats on the Council, so each party fields at least 21 candidates (reserves can also be listed in case a candidate drops out).

In simple terms the more votes a party receives the more of their candidates will take one of the 21 council seats. It would be unheard of for a party to win all 21, but only a simple majority of seats is required (11 in the case of Mazarrón) to take control of the council. That party can then name its councillors to take charge of one of more of the various council departments.

Parties which do not attain enough seats (unless there is a coalition) become opposition councillors without any direct control over council decisions. Parties which do not reach the required percentage of votes (around 5%) do not qualify for a seat.

Mazarrón has not had a single party with a governing majority since the election of 2007: since 2011 all ruling councils have been coalitions.

In the upcoming Mazarrón municipal election 6 parties are standing. Apart from the two current coalition parties, PSOE and UIDM, the others are PP, IU, Por Mi Región and Vox. Although a choice of 6 lists may seem a little confusing, in both 2019 and 2015 there were 10 parties standing!

Below are the candidate lists for the 6 parties (showing 2019 results where applicable)

PARTIDO SOCIALISTA OBRERO ESPAÑOL (PSOE) 2019: 2,723 votes 23.86% 6 seats

1. Gaspar Miras Lorente (current Mayor in coalition government)

2. María Carmen Navarro Paredes

3. Miguel Angel Peña Martínez (current Councillor in coalition government)

4. María Isabel Carrillo Vivancos

5. Andrés Aznar Mendez

6. Silvana Elisabetta Buxton (current Councillor in coalition government)

7. Jesús García Vivancos

8. Soledad Muñoz Pérez (Independent)

9. Ramón Moreno Calzado

10. Eugenio Soler Marín

11. Eladio Javier Aznar Pérez

12. Lisset Tutasig Gomez (Independent)

13. Juan Martínez Saez

14. Catalina García Saorín (Independent)

15. Pedro Guillermo Gómez Sánchez (Opposition Councillor 2015-2019)

16. María José Alberta Jiménez (Independent)

17. Anthony Javier Solano García

18. Alicia De La Vega Pedrero (Independent)

19. Juan López Martín

20. Felisa Guirado Haro

21. Pedro Chico Marín (Independent)

Reserves

1. María Martínez Sánchez

2. Juan Hernández García

UNION INDEPENDIENTE DE MAZARRON (UIDM) 2019: 2,207 votes 19.34% 5 seats

1. Ginés Campillo Mendez (current Deputy Mayor in coalition government and former Mayor)

2. Silvia Garcia Zamora (current Councillor in coalition government)

3. Jorge Durán González

4. Ana Ruiz Menchón

5. Juan Carlos López Moreno

6. Tomás Ureña Aznar (current Councillor in coalition government)

7. María Del Mar García García

8. Jesús Méndez Guirado

9. Marina Martínez Moreno

10. Lydia Raja Martínez

11. Sebastián Urrea Parra

12. Sandra Aznar Sánchez

13. Ascensión Sánchez Costa

14. Jorge Olcar Ramírez Urizar

15. Ana Muñoz Rico

16. Juan Francisco Hernández Moreno

17. Francisca Ardil Méndez

18. Francisco Carrasco Nuñez

19. Domingo Raul Henares Rodríguez

20. Natalia Ortiz Sánchez

21. Agustín Contreras Muñoz

PARTIDO POPULAR (PP) 2019: 2,821 votes 24.72% 7 seats

1. Alicia Jiménez Hernández (Mayoress 2015-19 and previously served as Deputy Mayoress)

2. Diego Hernández Martínez

3. Catalina Celdrán Esparza

4. Ginés Carvajal Méndez

5. Ginés Vivancos Rodríguez

6. Carmen Magdalena Espejo Molina

7. Antonia Saez Jiménez

8. Juan Antonio García Ortiz

9. Isabel María Morales Piñero

10. Antonio Hernández Benítez

11. María José López García

12. Alfonso García Lietor

13. Carmen Orenes Chacón

14. Diego Pérez Méndez

15. Manuel Herrera Jiménez

16. Daniela Pérez Saez

17. María Dolores Cazorla González

18. Juana Costa Martínez

19. Diego Fernández Fernández

20. Juan Miguel Román García

21. Andrés Pérez Vera

Reserves

1. Claudia María Gomez Jiménez

2. Francisco Antonio Raja Toledo

3. Isabel María López Sánchez

VOX (VOX) 2019 652 votes 5.71% 1 seat

1. Carlos Corvalán Roldá (current opposition Councillor)

2. Alejandro Gálvez Carrillo

3. Juan Antonio Santiago Cortés

4. Dolores García Mendoza

5. Rocío Tirado Pérez

6. Elena Palacios Espinosa

7. José Antonio Rios Mayordomo

8. Antonio Acosta Acosta

9. Helen Sophia Reaves Fanals

10. Ginés Martínez Moreno

11. Adisa Bahtagic Nezic

12. Milagros Santiago Santiago

13. María Mercedes Navarro Muriel

14. Marcelino Romero Ruiz

15. Isabel Navarro Ballesta

16. Germán Fidel Calvo Carnota

17. Lucrecia Jorda Mengual

18. Carmen Cortes Girona

19. Pedro Navarro Jiménez

20. José Hernández Martinez

21. Pascual Salvador Hernández

Reserves

1. Lidia Muriel Pérez

2. Ginés Navarro Muriel

3. José Muriel Ruiz

IZQUIERDA UNIDA (I.U.) 2019 430 votes 3.77% 0 seats

1. David Fernández Sánchez (Councillor in Coalition Council 2011-2015, opposition 2015-2019)

2. Heidy Tatiana Rodríguez Naranjo

3. José García Espigares

4. Manuela Sevilla Moreno

5. Hans Günther Ohly

6. Christian Adolf Megner

7. Gloria Bibiana Naranjo Tabares

8. Miguel Silva Rubio

9. Rosario Fernández Gómez

10. Alain François Paul Teissier

11. María Rosario Gómez Romero

12. Sergio Marin Del Valle

13. Isabel Heredia Agüera

14. Manuel Ors Herreros

15. Gloria Silvia Correa Ferrer

16. Marcos García Espigares

17. Annie Claude Alliot

18. David Fernández Gómez

19. Encarnacion Espigares Agúera

20. Tanja Davis-Megner

21. Alexandra Jacqueline Christian Longuevergne

Reserves

1. Salvador Espín Hernández

POR MI REGIÓN (POR MI REGIÓN) 2019 Did not stand

1. José Fernández Muñoz

2. María Teresa López Pèrez

3. Pedro Antonio Miravete Picón

4. Mercedes González Murcia

5. José Camacho Heredia

6. Sonia Cabrera Costa

7. Veronica Olivas López

8. Emanuel López Moreno

9. María Del Prado Cerezuela García

10. Manuel Herencia Torres

11. Susan Davis

12. Francisco Javier Méndez Alonso

13. María Florentina Alcaraz Moya

14. Antonio Ponce Hernández

15. Jackson Orlando Cevallos Pazmiño

16. Concepción López Méndez

17. Mercedes Contreras Muñoz

18. Alfonsa López Muñoz

19. José Enrique Perez Torres

20. María Del Mar Ibáñez Ramos

21. Alonso Benítez Pérez