Results breakdown of the 2023 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 28 May 2023. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Spanish local elections (Cantabria) § Municipalities

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	171,693		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrelavega	51,142		Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)		Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

Municipalities

Santander

Population: 171,693

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Santander election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	37,785	43.37	+8.02	14	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	18,179	20.87	−2.54	6	−1
	Vox (Vox)	10,638	12.21	+6.88	3	+2
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	9,650	11.08	−8.04	3	−2
	United Left–We Can (IU–Podemos)	4,600	5.28	−0.77	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	2,037	2.34	−6.44	0	−2
	Cantabrists (Cantabristas)	1,584	1.82	New	0	±0
	Greens Equo (Equo)	574	0.66	New	0	±0
	Cantabria Wave (OlaCantabria)	269	0.31	−0.15	0	±0
	Different Cantabria (Cantabria Distanta)	262	0.30	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)	151	0.17	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,390	1.60	+0.59
Total		87,119			27	±0
Valid votes		87,119	98.77	−0.57
Invalid votes		1,083	1.23	+0.57
Votes cast / turnout		88,202	65.02	+0.30
Abstentions		47,447	34.98	−0.30
Registered voters		135,649
Sources [1] [4] [5]

Torrelavega

Population: 51,142

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Torrelavega election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	6,921	25.55	+9.69	7	+2
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	6,303	23.27	−3.56	7	−1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,062	22.38	−3.99	6	−2
	Vox (Vox)	2,230	8.23	+3.60	2	+2
	Torrelavega Yes (Torrelavega Sí)	2,180	8.05	+1.87	2	+1
	United Left–We Can (IU–Podemos)	1,798	6.64	+3.10	1	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	1,090	4.02	−2.23	0	−1
	Citizens' Assembly for Torrelavega (ACPT)	n/a	n/a	−8.56	0	−2
Blank ballots		501	1.85	+0.75
Total		27,085			25	±0
Valid votes		27,085	97.59	−1.21
Invalid votes		668	2.41	+1.21
Votes cast / turnout		27,753	67.79	−0.98
Abstentions		13,187	32.21	+0.98
Registered voters		40,940
Sources [1] [4] [5]

See also

• 2023 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. 28 de mayo de 2023. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones Municipales 2023. Cantabria. Comunidad Autónoma". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
4. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
5. "Resolución de 5 de julio de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 2023, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Cantabria, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Cuenca y Gipuzkoa" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (221): 125083–125403. 15 September 2023. ISSN   0212-033X . Retrieved 23 December 2025.