[1][3][4] The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly of Murcia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.

[6][7] As part of the PP–Cs agreement, one of the newly elected Assembly's first initiatives was to increase the proportionality of the regional electoral system by scrapping the sub-provincial constituencies and lowering the required threshold from 5% to 3%.

[8] A political crisis unveiled in the community after Pedro Antonio Sánchez was accused of several corruption offences on 20 February 2017.

The scandal involved an ongoing judicial investigation on alleged irregularities in the process of awarding, construction and reception of an auditorium in Puerto Lumbreras, town from which Sánchez had been mayor between 2003 and 2013.

[9] While Sánchez had repeatedly assured he would resign right away if he was ever judicially charged for any crimes,[10][11] he refused to do so after learning of his indictment despite Cs calls.

[14][15] The PP accused Cs of breaking their agreement and of "playing with fire",[16] with parties hinting at the possibility that a snap election could be eventually called by Sánchez in order to prevent his removal.

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.