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
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Santander election results →
Parties and alliances 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
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Torrelavega election results →
Parties and alliances 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

  1. ^ a b c d "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Santander Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Torrelavega Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.