Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)
This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 10 June 1987. 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] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santander | 186,145 | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) | ||
| Torrelavega | 58,539 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | ||
Municipalities
Santander
- Population: 186,145
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Alliance (AP)1 | 41,978 | 43.56 | −13.79 | 13 | −4 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 30,889 | 32.05 | −0.84 | 10 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 7,887 | 8.18 | +7.01 | 2 | +2 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 7,621 | 7.91 | +5.62 | 2 | +2 | |
| United Left (IU)2 | 3,713 | 3.85 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
| People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 1,136 | 1.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 1,134 | 1.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Platform (PH) | 369 | 0.38 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 1,649 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |||
| Total | 96,376 | 27 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 96,376 | 98.67 | −1.33 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,299 | 1.33 | +1.33 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 97,675 | 70.72 | +1.94 | |||
| Abstentions | 40,447 | 29.28 | −1.94 | |||
| Registered voters | 138,122 | |||||
| Sources[1][3][4] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Torrelavega
- Population: 58,539
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 12,241 | 37.33 | −8.97 | 11 | −4 | |
| People's Alliance (AP)1 | 6,674 | 20.36 | −3.87 | 5 | −2 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 3,705 | 11.30 | +9.05 | 3 | +3 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,592 | 10.96 | +7.46 | 3 | +3 | |
| United Left (IU)2 | 2,629 | 8.02 | −1.50 | 2 | −1 | |
| Torrelavega Assembly Bloc (BAT) | 2,058 | 6.28 | New | 1 | +1 | |
| People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 621 | 1.89 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 566 | 1.73 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Platform (PH) | 184 | 0.56 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 517 | 1.58 | +1.58 | |||
| Total | 32,787 | 25 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 32,787 | 98.43 | −1.57 | |||
| Invalid votes | 523 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 33,310 | 77.19 | +4.04 | |||
| Abstentions | 9,841 | 22.81 | −4.04 | |||
| Registered voters | 43,151 | |||||
| Sources[1][3][4] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Elecciones Municipales. 10 de junio de 1987. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Resultados de las elecciones municipales celebradas el 10 de junio de 1987" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (172): 1–565. 20 July 1987. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

