# Results breakdown of the 1983 Spanish local elections (Galicia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Galicia on 8 May 1983. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 municipal election results in Galicia → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 436,228 | 35.71 | +21.93 | 1,530 | +927 |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 335,334 | 27.45 | +13.03 | 929 | +492 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA) | 180,946 | 14.81 | +8.35 | 907 | +766 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA)$^2$ | 116,304 | 9.52 | +3.20 | 432 | +304 |
| | Galicianist Party–Centrists of Orense (PG–CdO)$^3$ | 64,642 | 5.29 | +5.15 | 475 | +462 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^4$ | 50,025 | 4.10 | –3.22 | 117 | –141 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 31,437 | 2.57 | –1.96 | 34 | –36 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 18,742 | 1.53 | New | 21 | +21 |
| | United La Coruña (LCU) | 16,007 | 1.31 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Independent Galician Party (PGI) | 12,763 | 1.04 | New | 39 | +39 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 12,548 | 1.03 | New | 18 | +18 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 11,342 | 0.93 | New | 37 | +37 |
| | Governing Independent Viguese (VIGO) | 10,556 | 0.86 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Galician Socialist Party (PSG) | 7,084 | 0.58 | New | 21 | +21 |
| | Independents of La Estrada (IE) | 5,491 | 0.45 | New | 10 | +10 |
| | Galician Nationalist Group of Narón (ANGN) | 2,675 | 0.22 | New | 6 | +6 |
| | Independents (Lugo) (INDEP) | 2,389 | 0.20 | –0.21 | 2 | –2 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,954 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (Santiago de Compostela) (INDEP) | 1,309 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Movement of Galicia (MCG) | 1,017 | 0.08 | –0.28 | 3 | –2 |
| | Others | 83,746 | 6.86 | — | 351 | –2,204 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 1,221,593 | 100.00 | | 4,033 | –39 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,221,593 | 100.00 | +1.50 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.50 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,221,593 | 56.70 | +5.23 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 933,043 | 43.30 | –5.23 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 2,154,636 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 elections.$^2$ Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 elections, not including results in the province of Orense.$^3$ Galicianist Party–Centrists of Orense results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the province of Orense in the 1979 elections.$^4$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
AP–PDP–UL
35.71%
PSdG–PSOE
27.45%
PG–CIGA
14.81%
BNG
4.10%
PCE–PCG
2.57%
EG
1.53%
LCU
1.31%
PGI
1.04%
CDS
1.03%
Others
10.44%
Blank ballots
0.00% :

## 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 | New control |
| El Ferrol del Caudillo | 87,691 | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) |
| La Coruña | 231,721 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) |
| Lugo | 72,574 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (CPG in 1987) |
| Orense | 94,346 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Pontevedra | 64,184 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (IG in 1987) |
| Santiago de Compostela | 82,404 | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) (AP in 1986) |
| Vigo | 261,331 | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### El Ferrol del Caudillo

    Population: 87,691
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of El Ferrol del Caudillo 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 | +/− |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 14,140 | 38.05 | +10.79 | 11 | +3 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 13,657 | 36.75 | +27.06 | 10 | +8 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 5,052 | 13.60 | –5.37 | 4 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,336 | 3.60 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^2$ | 1,233 | 3.32 | –0.89 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Socialist Party (PSG) | 1,104 | 2.97 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 636 | 1.71 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –24.84 | 0 | –7 |
| | Galician Unity (PG–POG–PSG) | n/a | n/a | –13.49 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 37,158 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,158 | 100.00 | +0.94 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –0.94 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 37,158 | 55.96 | +0.57 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,246 | 44.04 | –0.57 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 66,404 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### La Coruña

    Population: 231,721
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of La Coruña 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 | +/− |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 43,595 | 43.65 | +23.14 | 14 | +8 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 25,898 | 25.93 | +12.84 | 8 | +4 |
| | United La Coruña (LCU) | 16,007 | 16.03 | New | 5 | +5 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 2,609 | 2.61 | –6.14 | 0 | –2 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 2,138 | 2.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^2$ | 1,913 | 1.92 | –6.41 | 0 | –2 |
| | Rainbow Electoral Group (AEA) | 1,554 | 1.56 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,498 | 1.50 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Socialist Party (PSG) | 1,312 | 1.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 889 | 0.89 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Friends of La Coruña (AC) | 823 | 0.82 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 731 | 0.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA)$^3$ | 552 | 0.55 | –16.71 | 0 | –5 |
| | Galician Ecologist Movement (MEG) | 347 | 0.35 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –28.05 | 0 | –8 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 99,866 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 99,866 | 100.00 | +1.86 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.86 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 99,866 | 58.66 | +5.12 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 70,366 | 41.34 | –5.12 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 170,232 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election.$^3$ Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Lugo

    Population: 72,574
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Lugo 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 12,846 | 37.84 | +22.86 | 11 | +7 |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 10,391 | 30.61 | +17.04 | 8 | +4 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA) | 5,325 | 15.69 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 2,389 | 7.04 | –7.46 | 2 | –2 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 1,330 | 3.92 | –0.99 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^2$ | 813 | 2.39 | –4.82 | 0 | –2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 539 | 1.59 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 316 | 0.93 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –27.20 | 0 | –8 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 33,949 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,949 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 33,949 | 59.44 | +2.65 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,161 | 40.56 | –2.65 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 57,110 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Orense

    Population: 94,346
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Orense 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 14,821 | 37.89 | +17.55 | 11 | +6 |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 13,633 | 34.85 | +16.87 | 10 | +5 |
| | Galicianist Party–Centrists of Orense (PG–CdO) | 6,492 | 16.60 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^2$ | 1,348 | 3.45 | –5.54 | 0 | –2 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 1,196 | 3.06 | –6.02 | 0 | –2 |
| | Galician Socialist Party (PSG) | 790 | 2.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 636 | 1.63 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 198 | 0.51 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –32.22 | 0 | –9 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | n/a | n/a | –6.86 | 0 | –2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 39,114 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 39,114 | 100.00 | +1.22 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.22 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 39,114 | 52.95 | +1.83 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 34,755 | 47.05 | –1.83 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,869 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Pontevedra

    Population: 64,184
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Pontevedra 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 14,852 | 56.90 | +50.87 | 17 | +16 |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 6,905 | 26.45 | +14.64 | 8 | +5 |
| | Galicianist Party (PG)$^2$ | 1,193 | 4.57 | –17.86 | 0 | –6 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^3$ | 815 | 3.12 | –2.46 | 0 | –1 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 594 | 2.28 | –3.15 | 0 | –1 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 554 | 2.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 554 | 2.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Socialist Party (PSG) | 453 | 1.74 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Pontevedran Unity (UP) | 182 | 0.70 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –32.00 | 0 | –9 |
| | Independent Candidacy (CI) | n/a | n/a | –13.77 | 0 | –4 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 26,102 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 26,102 | 100.00 | +1.29 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.29 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 26,102 | 56.49 | +3.17 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 20,102 | 43.51 | –3.17 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 46,204 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galicianist Party results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 election.$^3$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Santiago de Compostela

    Population: 82,404
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Santiago de Compostela 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 11,659 | 36.70 | +23.29 | 11 | +8 |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 9,924 | 31.24 | +19.24 | 10 | +7 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 3,391 | 10.67 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 1,633 | 5.14 | –4.15 | 1 | –1 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 1,478 | 4.65 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 1,309 | 4.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Coalition–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (CG–CIGA)$^2$ | 905 | 2.85 | –14.83 | 0 | –5 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^3$ | 797 | 2.51 | –6.85 | 0 | –2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 675 | 2.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –35.07 | 0 | –10 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 31,771 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,771 | 100.00 | +2.07 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –2.07 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 31,771 | 51.59 | +2.53 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,807 | 48.41 | –2.53 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 61,578 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Coalition–Convergence of Independents of Galicia results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 election.$^3$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Vigo

    Population: 261,331
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Vigo 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 | +/− |
| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE) | 41,364 | 38.80 | +12.50 | 12 | +4 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 35,776 | 33.56 | +21.77 | 11 | +8 |
| | Governing Independent Viguese (VIGO) | 10,556 | 9.90 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG) | 6,048 | 5.67 | –4.60 | 1 | –2 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 4,780 | 4.48 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 2,145 | 2.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^2$ | 1,994 | 1.87 | –4.47 | 0 | –1 |
| | Galicianist Party (PG)$^3$ | 1,915 | 1.80 | –8.52 | 0 | –3 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,223 | 1.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Pontevedran Unity (UP) | 814 | 0.76 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –30.19 | 0 | –9 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 106,615 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 106,615 | 100.00 | +1.77 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.77 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 106,615 | 56.66 | +5.12 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 81,553 | 43.34 | –5.12 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 188,168 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election.$^3$ Galicianist Party results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 election. |||||||