# 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.

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).
| Municipality | Population | New control | 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 | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | 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 | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | | |
| Total | Total | 74,796 | | | 27 | n/a |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 74,796 | 98.83 | n/a | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 882 | 1.17 | n/a | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 75,678 | 59.17 | n/a | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 52,222 | 40.83 | n/a | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 127,900 | | | | |
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### Torrelavega

    Population: 54,512
Summary of the 3 April 1979 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) | 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 | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | | |
| Total | Total | 26,273 | | | 25 | n/a |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 26,273 | 98.99 | n/a | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 268 | 1.01 | n/a | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 26,541 | 64.29 | n/a | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,742 | 35.71 | n/a | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 41,283 | | | | |
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