Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)
This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 3 April 1979. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]
City control
The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1]
| Municipality | Population | New control | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santander | 174,809 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | |
| Torrelavega | 54,512 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | |
Municipalities
Santander
- Population: 174,809
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 25,266 | 33.78 | n/a | 10 | n/a | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 17,556 | 23.47 | n/a | 7 | n/a | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 10,416 | 13.93 | n/a | 4 | n/a | |
| Right Independent Group (AID) | 8,941 | 11.95 | n/a | 3 | n/a | |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 6,476 | 8.66 | n/a | 2 | n/a | |
| Party of Labour of Cantabria (PTC) | 4,486 | 6.00 | n/a | 1 | n/a | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh) | 977 | 1.31 | n/a | 0 | n/a | |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) | 432 | 0.58 | n/a | 0 | n/a | |
| Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) | 246 | 0.33 | n/a | 0 | n/a | |
| Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | |||
| Total | 74,796 | 27 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 74,796 | 98.83 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 882 | 1.17 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 75,678 | 59.17 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 52,222 | 40.83 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 127,900 | |||||
| Sources[1][3] | ||||||
Torrelavega
- Population: 54,512
 | ||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7,543 | 28.71 | n/a | 7 | n/a | |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 5,017 | 19.10 | n/a | 5 | n/a | |
| Independent Popular Candidacy (CPI) | 4,828 | 18.38 | n/a | 5 | n/a | |
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 2,535 | 9.65 | n/a | 2 | n/a | |
| Democratic Coalition (CD) | 2,383 | 9.07 | n/a | 2 | n/a | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) | 2,004 | 7.63 | n/a | 2 | n/a | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 1,963 | 7.47 | n/a | 2 | n/a | |
| Party of Labour of Cantabria (PTC) | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | 0 | n/a | |
| Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | |||
| Total | 26,273 | 25 | n/a | |||
| Valid votes | 26,273 | 98.99 | n/a | |||
| Invalid votes | 268 | 1.01 | n/a | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 26,541 | 64.29 | n/a | |||
| Abstentions | 14,742 | 35.71 | n/a | |||
| Registered voters | 41,283 | |||||
| Sources[1][4] | ||||||
References
- "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Santander Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Torrelavega Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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