Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands 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
Arona	12,740		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
La Laguna	112,472		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	345,925		Canarian People's Union (UPC) (PSOE in 1980, UCD in 1982)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	183,583		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) (ATI in 1983)
Telde	57,428		Neighbors' Assembly of Telde (AVT)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 12,740

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	2,717	64.35	n/a	13	n/a
	Independent Group of the Arona Municipality (GIMA)	571	13.52	n/a	2	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	292	6.92	n/a	1	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	224	5.31	n/a	1	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	207	4.90	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	187	4.43	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	24	0.57	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		4,222			17	n/a
Valid votes		4,222	98.07	n/a
Invalid votes		83	1.93	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		4,305	55.18	n/a
Abstentions		3,497	44.82	n/a
Registered voters		7,802
Sources [1] [3]

La Laguna

Population: 112,472

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of La Laguna election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	12,792	43.64	n/a	13	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,999	20.47	n/a	6	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	4,661	15.90	n/a	4	n/a
	Laguneran Assembly Electors' Group (AEAL)	2,434	8.30	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	1,547	5.28	n/a	1	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,465	5.00	n/a	1	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	414	1.41	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		29,312			27	n/a
Valid votes		29,312	96.09	n/a
Invalid votes		1,193	3.91	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		30,505	39.44	n/a
Abstentions		46,832	60.56	n/a
Registered voters		77,337
Sources [1] [3]

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 345,925

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	50,900	43.06	n/a	14	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	34,775	29.42	n/a	9	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	16,738	14.16	n/a	4	n/a
	Neighbors' Assembly (AdeV)	6,994	5.92	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	5,501	4.65	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of the Canarian Country (PPC)	2,671	2.26	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	576	0.49	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	65	0.05	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		118,220			29	n/a
Valid votes		118,220	97.79	n/a
Invalid votes		2,668	2.21	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		120,888	56.73	n/a
Abstentions		92,196	43.27	n/a
Registered voters		213,084
Sources [1] [3]

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 183,583

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	18,815	33.29	n/a	10	n/a
	Canarian People's Union (UPC)	11,208	19.83	n/a	6	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	10,700	18.93	n/a	5	n/a
	Free Electoral Group of Tenerife (AL)	8,815	15.60	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	3,805	6.73	n/a	2	n/a
	Canarian Workers' Socialist Union (USOC)	2,669	4.72	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	503	0.89	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		56,515			27	n/a
Valid votes		56,515	97.31	n/a
Invalid votes		1,564	2.69	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		58,079	46.58	n/a
Abstentions		66,618	53.42	n/a
Registered voters		124,697
Sources [1] [3]

Telde

Population: 57,428

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	9,413	42.72	n/a	11	n/a
	Neighbors' Assembly of Telde (AVT)	6,395	29.02	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	2,561	11.62	n/a	3	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,835	8.33	n/a	2	n/a
	Independent Group of Telde (GIT)	1,662	7.54	n/a	2	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	169	0.77	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		22,035			25	n/a
Valid votes		22,035	97.61	n/a
Invalid votes		540	2.39	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		22,575	66.97	n/a
Abstentions		11,132	33.03	n/a
Registered voters		33,707
Sources [1] [3]

Island Cabildos

Further information: 1979 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

References

1. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Canarias (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. Canarias". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.