Date Published: 18/06/2026

Have your say now! Residents invited to vote in Alhama's 2026-2027 Participatory Budget

You can choose from 60 proposals covering investments, activities and community programmes as the latest phase of voting gets underway

Alhama de Murcia Town Council has opened the voting phase of its 2026-2027 Participatory Budget, giving residents the opportunity to decide which projects and initiatives they believe should be prioritised in the municipality.

A total of 60 proposals have been put forward for public consideration, including 30 physical investment projects and 30 activities and programmes. The initiatives were selected following a technical review of suggestions submitted by residents and were ranked according to the results of the Prioritisation Day held on May 28.

Before voting began, the Department for Citizen Participation convened a meeting of the Local Citizen Participation Committee, where local associations were tasked with approving the final lists of proposals that would go forward to the public vote.

The council is offering both online and in-person voting options in an effort to encourage as many residents as possible to take part in the process.

Online voting will be open from June 19 to 29 through the town council’s Citizen Participation Portal at www.participacion.alhamademurcia.es.

Residents who prefer to vote in person will be able to do so at a range of locations across the municipality. Voting will take place at:

Friday June 19: IES Valle de Leiva and IES Miguel Hernández secondary schools
Monday June 22: State primary schools
Tuesday June 23: The weekly market
Thursday June 25 and Friday 26: Alhama Town Hall
Saturday June 27 and Sunday 28: In the municipality’s outlying districts

Once voting has closed, specialists from the GECIS Research Group at the University of Murcia will carry out a public count of the votes on June 30 in the Town Hall’s Plenary Hall. The proposals which receive the most support, based on a combination of online and in-person votes, will then be announced.

Through the Participatory Budget initiative, Alhama Town Council aims to strengthen public involvement in decisions relating to investments, activities and projects that benefit the wider community.

For more information about Alhama, including news and upcoming events, visit the local tourist office or go to the home page of Alhama Today

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Alhama de Murcia Tourist Office

Alhama de Murcia Tourist information office is located on the edge of the Plaza de la Constitución, just a few metres away from the underground car park and the Town hall of Alhama de Murcia.

The tourist office offers free guided audiotours in English which take visitors around the historical sites of interest in Alhama. These be loaned at any time, although allow an hour and a half to complete the tour, and when loaning the audio equipment visitors are asked to leave passports or ID cards with the tourist office.

The office also carries a full range of leaflets for the archaeological museum of Los Baños, which is built around the historic spa which gives Alhama its name, and the mountains of Sierra Espuña, which is also an important area within the municipality of Alhama. Areas such as El Berro and Gebas have a number of interesting routes which can be followed and there are several picnic areas and good walking routes within the Sierra Espuña natural park.

The tourist office also carries leaflets for the many cultural events and fiestas which take place in Alhama throughout the year, including Los Mayos, Semana Santa, Christmas,the Romería of La Candelaria and the Auto de los Reyes Magos in El Berro.