This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 24 May 2015. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Opinion polls
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.
Municipalities
Santander
Population: 175,736
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Santander election results →
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
36,040
40.77
−15.47
13
−5
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
15,518
17.55
+0.60
5
±0
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
13,616
15.40
+0.76
4
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
7,370
8.34
New
2
+2
Let's Win Santander Can (GSSP)
6,029
6.82
New
2
+2
United Left (IU)
4,863
5.50
+1.04
1
+1
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
1,048
1.19
−1.58
0
±0
Commitment to Cantabria (CxCAN)
786
0.89
New
0
±0
Vox (Vox)
611
0.69
New
0
±0
For Santander Yes (Sí)
512
0.58
New
0
±0
Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)
217
0.25
+0.01
0
±0
Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)
143
0.16
−0.15
0
±0
The National Coalition (LCN)
138
0.16
New
0
±0
Humanist Party (PH)
136
0.15
−0.10
0
±0
Blank ballots
1,381
1.56
−1.04
Total
88,408
27
±0
Valid votes
88,408
98.76
+0.38
Invalid votes
1,114
1.24
−0.38
Votes cast / turnout
89,522
64.30
−2.57
Abstentions
49,694
35.70
+2.57
Registered voters
139,216
Sources[ 1] [ 4] [ 5]
Torrelavega
Population: 54,196
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Torrelavega election results →
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
7,182
24.48
−10.46
7
−3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
5,874
20.02
−7.64
6
−2
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
5,192
17.69
−5.26
5
−1
Torrelavega Yes (Torrelavega Sí)
3,689
12.57
New
4
+4
Citizens' Assembly for Torrelavega (ACPT)
2,382
8.12
+1.46
2
+1
Torrelavega Can (Torrelavega Puede)
1,570
5.35
New
1
+1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
1,349
4.60
New
0
±0
United Left (IU)
1,151
3.92
+1.68
0
±0
Equo (Equo)
259
0.88
New
0
±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
153
0.52
−0.72
0
±0
Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)
101
0.34
+0.04
0
±0
Blank ballots
441
1.50
−0.82
Total
29,343
25
±0
Valid votes
29,343
97.97
−0.08
Invalid votes
607
2.03
+0.08
Votes cast / turnout
29,950
69.71
−2.88
Abstentions
13,014
30.29
+2.88
Registered voters
42,964
Sources[ 1] [ 4] [ 5]
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. 24 de mayo de 2015. Cantabria" . eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025 .
^ "Elecciones Municipales 2015. 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 1 de julio de 2015, 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 233/2015, de 30 de marzo, y celebradas el 24 de mayo de 2015, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Burgos, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Cuenca" (PDF) . Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (177): 63080– 63596. 25 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X . Retrieved 23 December 2025 .