Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections (Cantabria)
This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 22 May 2011. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]
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 | 181,589 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | ||
| Torrelavega | 55,888 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2014) | ||
Municipalities
Santander
- Population: 181,589
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 52,657 | 56.24 | +4.29 | 18 | +3 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 15,874 | 16.95 | −8.60 | 5 | −2 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 13,703 | 14.64 | −2.59 | 4 | −1 | |
| United Left (IU) | 4,175 | 4.46 | +2.61 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 2,596 | 2.77 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Front (FrN) | 661 | 0.71 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Union (LU) | 503 | 0.54 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 294 | 0.31 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 270 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 232 | 0.25 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD) | 229 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 2,436 | 2.60 | +0.59 | |||
| Total | 93,630 | 27 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 93,630 | 98.38 | −1.03 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,542 | 1.62 | +1.03 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 95,172 | 66.87 | +2.65 | |||
| Abstentions | 47,150 | 33.13 | −2.65 | |||
| Registered voters | 142,322 | |||||
| Sources[1][4][5] | ||||||
Torrelavega
- Population: 55,888
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 10,968 | 34.94 | +8.91 | 10 | +3 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,683 | 27.66 | −10.68 | 8 | −2 | |
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 7,203 | 22.95 | −1.62 | 6 | −1 | |
| Citizens' Assembly for Torrelavega (ACPT) | 2,092 | 6.66 | +1.53 | 1 | ±0 | |
| United Left (IU)1 | 702 | 2.24 | −0.27 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 388 | 1.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Torrelavega Matters Policy (TI) | 245 | 0.78 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Front (FrN) | 240 | 0.76 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD) | 95 | 0.30 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 46 | 0.15 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 729 | 2.32 | +0.17 | |||
| Total | 31,391 | 25 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 31,391 | 98.05 | −1.01 | |||
| Invalid votes | 624 | 1.95 | +1.01 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 32,015 | 72.59 | +1.20 | |||
| Abstentions | 12,087 | 27.41 | −1.20 | |||
| Registered voters | 44,102 | |||||
| Sources[1][4][5] | ||||||
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. 22 de mayo de 2011. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Elecciones Municipales 2011. Cantabria". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Barcelona, Burgos, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Cuenca, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Huesca y Jaén" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (177): 82813–83650. 25 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

