Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 26 May 1991. 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] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Santander	194,221		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrelavega	59,997		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Santander

Population: 194,221

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Santander election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	28,808	32.12	+0.07	10	±0
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	27,472	30.63	New	10	+10
	People's Party (PP)1	17,141	19.11	−25.63	6	−7
	United Left (IU)	4,519	5.04	+1.19	1	+1
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	4,443	4.95	−2.96	0	−2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,897	2.12	−6.06	0	−2
	Neighborhood Group of Cantabria (AAVV–C)	1,688	1.88	New	0	±0
	Ecologist–Humanist List (LE–H)2	720	0.80	+0.42	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	348	0.39	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Party of Cantabria (PNC)	293	0.33	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,352	2.62	+0.91
Total		89,681			27	±0
Valid votes		89,681	99.02	+0.35
Invalid votes		891	0.98	−0.35
Votes cast / turnout		90,572	61.52	−9.20
Abstentions		56,640	38.48	+9.20
Registered voters		147,212
Sources [1] [3] [4]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.

Torrelavega

Population: 59,997

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Torrelavega election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,125	40.36	+3.03	12	+1
	People's Party (PP)1	5,491	16.88	−5.37	5	±0
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	4,441	13.66	New	4	+4
	United Left (IU)	2,583	7.94	−0.08	2	±0
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	2,456	7.55	−3.75	2	−1
	Torrelavega Assembly Bloc (BAT)	1,624	4.99	−1.29	0	−1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,607	4.94	−6.02	0	−3
	Ecologist–Humanist List (LE–H)2	555	1.71	+1.15	0	±0
Blank ballots		640	1.97	+0.39
Total		32,522			25	±0
Valid votes		32,522	99.16	+0.73
Invalid votes		275	0.84	−0.73
Votes cast / turnout		32,797	71.76	−5.43
Abstentions		12,909	28.24	+5.43
Registered voters		45,706
Sources [1] [3] [4]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. 2 Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.

See also

• 1991 Cantabrian regional election

References

1. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 26 de mayo de 1991. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
4. "Resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 391/1991, de 1 de abril, y celebradas el 26 de mayo de 1991, según los datos que figuran en las actas remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1052. 20 July 1991. ISSN   0212-033X . Retrieved 23 December 2025.