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

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 8 May 1983. 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 | 179,694 | | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Torrelavega | 56,490 | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### Santander

    Population: 179,694
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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 Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 52,994 | 57.35 | +45.40 | 17 | +14 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 30,390 | 32.89 | +9.42 | 10 | +3 |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 3,504 | 3.79 | –4.87 | 0 | –2 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 2,113 | 2.29 | –11.64 | 0 | –4 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,077 | 1.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 822 | 0.89 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 785 | 0.85 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Cantabrian Liberal Democratic Party (PDLC) | 412 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Ecologist Movement of Spain (MEE) | 301 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –33.78 | 0 | –10 |
| | Party of Labour of Cantabria (PTC) | n/a | n/a | –6.00 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 92,398 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 92,398 | 100.00 | +1.17 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.17 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 92,398 | 68.78 | +9.61 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,943 | 31.22 | –9.61 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 134,341 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Right Independent Group totals in the 1979 election. |||||||

### Torrelavega

    Population: 56,490
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 13,646 | 46.30 | +17.59 | 15 | +8 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 7,142 | 24.23 | +15.16 | 7 | +5 |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 2,807 | 9.52 | –0.13 | 3 | +1 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 1,469 | 4.98 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,033 | 3.50 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 813 | 2.76 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 662 | 2.25 | –5.22 | 0 | –2 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 643 | 2.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Cantabrian Liberal Democratic Party (PDLC) | 627 | 2.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents (INDEP) | 482 | 1.64 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Ecologist Movement of Spain (MEE) | 150 | 0.51 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –19.10 | 0 | –5 |
| | Independent Popular Candidacy (CPI) | n/a | n/a | –18.38 | 0 | –5 |
| | Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) | n/a | n/a | –7.63 | 0 | –2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 29,474 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 29,474 | 100.00 | +1.01 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.01 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 29,474 | 73.15 | +8.86 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 10,819 | 26.85 | –8.86 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 40,293 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. |||||||