Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Aragon)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Aragon on 3 April 1979. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1]

Municipality Population New control
Calatayud 17,599 Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
Huesca 38,095 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Teruel 24,590 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Zaragoza 555,424 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Calatayud

Population: 17,599
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Calatayud election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 2,408 30.78 n/a 5 n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) 1,784 22.81 n/a 4 n/a
Democratic Coalition (CD) 1,449 18.52 n/a 3 n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 1,317 16.84 n/a 3 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 864 11.05 n/a 2 n/a
Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a
Total 7,822 17 n/a
Valid votes 7,822 98.28 n/a
Invalid votes 137 1.72 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 7,959 61.17 n/a
Abstentions 5,052 38.83 n/a
Registered voters 13,011
Sources[1][3]

Huesca

Population: 38,095
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Huesca election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 7,334 42.42 n/a 10 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,115 29.59 n/a 7 n/a
Independent of Huesca (IdH) 1,924 11.13 n/a 2 n/a
Communist Movement of Aragon (MCA) 1,002 5.80 n/a 1 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 999 5.78 n/a 1 n/a
Republican Left (IR) 535 3.09 n/a 0 n/a
Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA) 380 2.20 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a
Total 17,289 21 n/a
Valid votes 17,289 97.88 n/a
Invalid votes 375 2.12 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 17,664 63.35 n/a
Abstentions 10,217 36.65 n/a
Registered voters 27,881
Sources[1][3]

Teruel

Population: 24,590
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Teruel election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 4,971 44.28 n/a 10 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 2,789 24.84 n/a 5 n/a
Electoral Group of Teruel (AET) 2,504 22.31 n/a 5 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 677 6.03 n/a 1 n/a
Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA) 183 1.63 n/a 0 n/a
Communist Movement of Aragon (MCA) 102 0.91 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a
Total 11,226 21 n/a
Valid votes 11,226 100.00 n/a
Invalid votes 0 0.00 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 11,226 62.40 n/a
Abstentions 6,763 37.60 n/a
Registered voters 17,989
Sources[1][3]

Zaragoza

Population: 555,424
Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Zaragoza election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 71,967 30.91 n/a 11 n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 47,657 20.47 n/a 7 n/a
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 43,196 18.55 n/a 7 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 26,517 11.39 n/a 4 n/a
Party of Labour of Aragon (PTA) 15,314 6.58 n/a 2 n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) 9,883 4.24 n/a 0 n/a
Independent Citizen Candidacy (CCI) 6,428 2.76 n/a 0 n/a
Democratic Coalition (CD) 5,817 2.50 n/a 0 n/a
Coalition for Aragon (PSAr–PSDA) 4,623 1.99 n/a 0 n/a
Republican Left (IR) 936 0.40 n/a 0 n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 511 0.22 n/a 0 n/a
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 0 0.00 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a
Total 232,849 31 n/a
Valid votes 232,849 98.68 n/a
Invalid votes 3,111 1.32 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 235,960 58.56 n/a
Abstentions 166,954 41.44 n/a
Registered voters 402,914
Sources[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Aragón y La Rioja (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de april de 1979. Aragón". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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