Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Aragon)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Aragon 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
Calatayud	17,599		Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
Huesca	38,095		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Teruel	24,590		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Zaragoza	555,424		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Calatayud

Population: 17,599

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Calatayud election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)	2,408	30.78	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	1,784	22.81	n/a	4	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,449	18.52	n/a	3	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	1,317	16.84	n/a	3	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	864	11.05	n/a	2	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		7,822			17	n/a
Valid votes		7,822	98.28	n/a
Invalid votes		137	1.72	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		7,959	61.17	n/a
Abstentions		5,052	38.83	n/a
Registered voters		13,011
Sources [1] [3]

Huesca

Population: 38,095

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Huesca election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	7,334	42.42	n/a	10	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,115	29.59	n/a	7	n/a
	Independent of Huesca (IdH)	1,924	11.13	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Movement of Aragon (MCA)	1,002	5.80	n/a	1	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	999	5.78	n/a	1	n/a
	Republican Left (IR)	535	3.09	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA)	380	2.20	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		17,289			21	n/a
Valid votes		17,289	97.88	n/a
Invalid votes		375	2.12	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		17,664	63.35	n/a
Abstentions		10,217	36.65	n/a
Registered voters		27,881
Sources [1] [3]

Teruel

Population: 24,590

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Teruel election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	4,971	44.28	n/a	10	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	2,789	24.84	n/a	5	n/a
	Electoral Group of Teruel (AET)	2,504	22.31	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	677	6.03	n/a	1	n/a
	Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA)	183	1.63	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement of Aragon (MCA)	102	0.91	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		11,226			21	n/a
Valid votes		11,226	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		11,226	62.40	n/a
Abstentions		6,763	37.60	n/a
Registered voters		17,989
Sources [1] [3]

Zaragoza

Population: 555,424

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Zaragoza election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	71,967	30.91	n/a	11	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	47,657	20.47	n/a	7	n/a
	Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)	43,196	18.55	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	26,517	11.39	n/a	4	n/a
	Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA)	15,314	6.58	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	9,883	4.24	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent Citizen Candidacy (CCI)	6,428	2.76	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	5,817	2.50	n/a	0	n/a
	Coalition for Aragon (PSAr–PSDA)	4,623	1.99	n/a	0	n/a
	Republican Left (IR)	936	0.40	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	511	0.22	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	0	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		232,849			31	n/a
Valid votes		232,849	98.68	n/a
Invalid votes		3,111	1.32	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		235,960	58.56	n/a
Abstentions		166,954	41.44	n/a
Registered voters		402,914
Sources [1] [3]

References

1. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Aragón y La Rioja (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de april de 1979. Aragón". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.