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][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	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

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Santander election results →

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][4][5]
Footnotes: ^1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ^2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

Torrelavega

Population: 58,539

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Torrelavega election results →

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][4][6]
Footnotes: ^1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ^2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

See also

• 1987 Cantabrian regional election

References

1. "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 10 de junio de 1987. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
3. "10J/Elecciones Municipales 1987. Cantabria". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
4. "Resultados de las elecciones municipales celebradas el 10 de junio de 1987" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. June 1987. Santander Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
6. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. June 1987. Torrelavega Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.