1995 Spanish local elections in Cantabria

This article presents the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 28 May 1995. 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 (highlighted in bold).^[1] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Santander	194,822		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrelavega	59,759		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Santander

Population: 194,822

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Santander election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	37,679	37.07	+17.96	11	+5
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	23,961	23.57	−8.55	7	−3
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	13,014	12.80	+7.85	3	+3
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	12,435	12.23	−18.40	3	−7
	United Left of Cantabria (IUC)	9,975	9.81	+4.77	3	+2

	Independents of Cantabria (INCA)	909	0.89	New	0	±0
	Cantabria Renewal Coalition (CR–CA)	627	0.62	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	438	0.43	−1.69	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	143	0.14	New	0	±0
	Neighbourhood Group of Cantabria (AAVV–C)	0	0.00	−1.88	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,473	2.43	−0.19

Total		101,654			27	±0

Valid votes		101,654	99.14	+0.12
Invalid votes		878	0.86	−0.12
Votes cast / turnout		102,532	64.71	+3.19
Abstentions		55,911	35.29	−3.19
Registered voters		158,443

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]

Torrelavega

Population: 59,759

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Torrelavega election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,383	34.46	−5.90	10	−2
	People's Party (PP)	10,926	30.40	+13.52	8	+3
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	4,994	13.90	+6.35	4	+2
	United Left (IU)	3,679	10.24	+2.30	2	±0
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	1,828	5.09	−8.57	1	−3

	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	688	1.91	−3.03	0	±0
	Independent Citizens (CCII)	640	1.78	New	0	±0
	Independents of Cantabria (INCA)	107	0.30	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		694	1.93	−0.04

Total		35,939			25	±0

Valid votes		35,939	99.37	+0.21
Invalid votes		228	0.63	−0.21
Votes cast / turnout		36,167	79.36	+7.60
Abstentions		9,407	20.64	−7.60
Registered voters		45,574

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
↑ "Elecciones Municipales. 28 de mayo de 1995. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
1 2 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
1 2 "Acuerdo de la Junta Electoral Central de 19 de julio de 1995, de publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 489/1995, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 1995, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1166. 21 July 1995. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[HE-1] 1 2 3 4 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Asturias y Cantabria (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[2] "Elecciones Municipales. 28 de mayo de 1995. Cantabria". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[InfoE-3] 1 2 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[All-4] 1 2 "Acuerdo de la Junta Electoral Central de 19 de julio de 1995, de publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 489/1995, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 1995, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1166. 21 July 1995. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

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