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] [3]

References

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