This article presents the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 3 April 1979. 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 (highlighted in bold).

Municipality Population New control Santander 174,809 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) Torrelavega 54,512 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities Santander Population: 174,809 + Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Santander election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 25,266 33.78 n/a 10 n/a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 17,556 23.47 n/a 7 n/a Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 10,416 13.93 n/a 4 n/a Right Independent Group (AID) 8,941 11.95 n/a 3 n/a Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 6,476 8.66 n/a 2 n/a Party of Labour of Cantabria (PTC) 4,486 6.00 n/a 1 n/a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh) 977 1.31 n/a 0 n/a Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) 432 0.58 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 246 0.33 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a Total 74,796 27 n/a Valid votes 74,796 98.83 n/a Invalid votes 882 1.17 n/a Votes cast / turnout 75,678 59.17 n/a Abstentions 52,222 40.83 n/a Registered voters 127,900 Sources

Torrelavega Population: 54,512 + Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Torrelavega election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,543 28.71 n/a 7 n/a Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 5,017 19.10 n/a 5 n/a Independent Popular Candidacy (CPI) 4,828 18.38 n/a 5 n/a Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 2,535 9.65 n/a 2 n/a Democratic Coalition (CD) 2,383 9.07 n/a 2 n/a Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 2,004 7.63 n/a 2 n/a Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 1,963 7.47 n/a 2 n/a Party of Labour of Cantabria (PTC) 0 0.00 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 0 0.00 n/a Total 26,273 25 n/a Valid votes 26,273 98.99 n/a Invalid votes 268 1.01 n/a Votes cast / turnout 26,541 64.29 n/a Abstentions 14,742 35.71 n/a Registered voters 41,283 Sources

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