# Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 10 June 1987. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | Previous control | New control | New control |
| Santander | 186,145 | | People's Alliance (AP) | | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Torrelavega | 58,539 | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### Santander

    Population: 186,145
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Santander election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 41,978 | 43.56 | –13.79 | 13 | –4 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 30,889 | 32.05 | –0.84 | 10 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 7,887 | 8.18 | +7.01 | 2 | +2 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 7,621 | 7.91 | +5.62 | 2 | +2 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 3,713 | 3.85 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 1,136 | 1.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 1,134 | 1.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 369 | 0.38 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,649 | 1.71 | +1.71 | | |
| Total | Total | 96,376 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 96,376 | 98.67 | –1.33 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,299 | 1.33 | +1.33 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 97,675 | 70.72 | +1.94 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,447 | 29.28 | –1.94 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 138,122 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### Torrelavega

    Population: 58,539
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Torrelavega election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 12,241 | 37.33 | –8.97 | 11 | –4 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 6,674 | 20.36 | –3.87 | 5 | –2 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 3,705 | 11.30 | +9.05 | 3 | +3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,592 | 10.96 | +7.46 | 3 | +3 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 2,629 | 8.02 | –1.50 | 2 | –1 |
| | Torrelavega Assembly Bloc (BAT) | 2,058 | 6.28 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 621 | 1.89 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 566 | 1.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 184 | 0.56 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 517 | 1.58 | +1.58 | | |
| Total | Total | 32,787 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,787 | 98.43 | –1.57 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 523 | 1.57 | +1.57 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 33,310 | 77.19 | +4.04 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 9,841 | 22.81 | –4.04 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 43,151 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||