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]
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) |
Population: 174,809
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[3] |
Population: 54,512
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[4] |