# 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.

## 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | Blank ballots | 2,352 | 2.62 | +0.91 | | |
| Total | Total | 89,681 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 89,681 | 99.02 | +0.35 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 891 | 0.98 | –0.35 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 90,572 | 61.52 | –9.20 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 56,640 | 38.48 | +9.20 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 147,212 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| 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 | 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) | 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 | Blank ballots | 640 | 1.97 | +0.39 | | |
| Total | Total | 32,522 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,522 | 99.16 | +0.73 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 275 | 0.84 | –0.73 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 32,797 | 71.76 | –5.43 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 12,909 | 28.24 | +5.43 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,706 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| 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. |||||||