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Cantabria (Congress of Deputies constituency)

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{{Infobox constituency

| name = Cantabria

| type = Congress of Deputies
Electoral

| image = SpanishCongressDistricts(Cantabria).png

| image_size = 400px

| caption = Location of Cantabria within Spain

| district_label = Province

| district = Cantabria

| region_label = Autonomous community

| region = Cantabria

| population = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg591,563 (2024){{cite web |url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2024-25973 |title=Real Decreto 1210/2024, de 28 de noviembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2024 |language=es |website=Boletín Oficial del Estado |access-date=23 December 2024}}

| electorate = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg507,818 (2023)

| towns = Santander, Torrelavega

| year = 1977

| seats = 5

| members = {{unbulleted list

| {{Color box|{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}|border=darkgray}} PP (2)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}|border=darkgray}} PSOE (2)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Vox (1)

}}

}}

Cantabria—Santander until 1982—is one of the 52 constituencies ({{langx|es|circunscripciones}}) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects five deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Cantabria. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,{{harvp|Law 1/1977|1977|loc=trans. prov. 1}}. with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.{{harvp|Const. Esp.|1978|loc=tit. III, ch. I, art. 68}}. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.{{harvp|Const. Esp.|1978|loc=tit. VIII, ch. II, art. 141}}.

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. I, ch. I, art. 2}}. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over 21 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights.{{harvp|RDL 20/1977|1977|loc=tit. I, art. 2}}.{{sfn|Carreras de Odriozola|Tafunell Sambola|2005|p=1077}} Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote ({{langx|es|Voto rogado}}),{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75}}.{{cite web |last=Reig Pellicer |first=Naiara |date=16 December 2015 |url=http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/spanish-elections-begging-for-the-right-to-vote.html |title=Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote |website=cafebabel.co.uk |access-date=17 July 2017}} which was abolished in 2022.{{cite news |last=Araque Conde |first=Pilar |date=8 June 2022 |title=El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/congreso-acaba-voto-rogado-diez-anos-trabas-burocraticas-residentes-extranjero.html |language=es |newspaper=Público |location=Madrid |access-date=31 July 2022}} 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting.{{harvp|RDL 20/1977|1977|loc=tit. II, ch. II, art. 19–20}}.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. II, ch. III, art. 162–164}}. The use of the electoral method may result in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Michael |date=30 July 2012 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2017 |title=Effective threshold in electoral systems |publisher=Trinity College, Dublin |access-date=22 July 2017}}

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one permille of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the Cortes at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.{{harvp|RDL 20/1977|1977|loc=tit. IV, art. 30–31 & 34}}.{{harvp|LOREG|1985|loc=tit. I, ch. VI, art. 44 & tit. II, ch. V, art. 169}}.

Deputies

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! colspan="3"| Deputies 1977–present

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{{legend|{{party color|Unidas Podemos}}|U.Podemos|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}|Podemos|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}|PSOE|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}|PRC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|Cs|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}|UCD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}|PP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}|CP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|AP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|Vox|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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! Legislature

! Election

! Distribution

Constituent

| 1977

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

|-

| 1st

| 1979

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

|-

| 2nd

| 1982

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 3rd

| 1986

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 4th

| 1989

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 5th

| 1993

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 6th

| 1996

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

|-

| 7th

| 2000

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

|-

| 8th

| 2004

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

|-

| 9th

| 2008

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:60.00%; color:white;"| 3

|-

| 10th

| 2011

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:80.00%; color:white;"| 4

|-

| 11th

| 2015

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 12th

| 2016

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Unidos Podemos}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

|-

| 13th

| 2019 (Apr)

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

|-

| 14th

| 2019 (Nov)

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

|-

| 15th

| 2023

|

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| style="background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}; width:40.00%; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:20.00%; color:white;"| 1

|}

Elections

=2023 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 147,326

42.08style="color:green;"| +16.22

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 116,596

33.30style="color:green;"| +10.06

| 2

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 49,243

14.06style="color:red;"| –0.87

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}"|

| align="left"| Unite (Sumar)1

| 29,713

8.49style="color:red;"| –0.19

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party with the Environment}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2

| 2,089

0.60style="color:green;"| +0.03

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Front (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Front (FO)

| 790

0.23New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)

| 598

0.17style="color:green;"| +0.09

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|

| align="left"| Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)

| 533

0.15style="color:green;"| +0.08

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| n/a

n/astyle="color:red;"| –21.04

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 3,262

0.93style="color:green;"| +0.42

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 350,150

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 350,150

98.59style="color:red;"| –0.58

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 4,995

1.41style="color:green;"| +0.58
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 355,145

69.94style="color:green;"| +4.20
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 152,673

30.06style="color:red;"| –4.20
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 507,818

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources{{cite web |url=https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ |title=Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales |language=es |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=24 December 2024}}
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Unite results are compared to United We Can totals in the November 2019 election.

| 2 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the November 2019 election.}}}}

=November 2019 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 84,583

25.86style="color:green;"| +4.17

| 2

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 76,028

23.24style="color:red;"| –1.97

| 1

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| 68,830

21.04style="color:green;"| +6.49

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 48,827

14.93style="color:green;"| +3.75

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Unidas Podemos}}"|

| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos–IU)

| 28,376

8.68style="color:red;"| –1.56

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)

| 15,609

4.77style="color:red;"| –10.37

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 1,856

0.57style="color:red;"| –0.28

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 262

0.08±0.00

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|

| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB)

| 259

0.08style="color:red;"| –0.04

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)

| 247

0.08style="color:green;"| +0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|

| align="left"| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)

| 232

0.07style="color:red;"| –0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|For a Fairer World}}"|

| align="left"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J)

| 187

0.06style="color:red;"| –0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Libertarian Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Libertarian Party (P–LIB)

| 126

0.04style="color:red;"| –0.01

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 1,667

0.51style="color:red;"| –0.13

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 327,089

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 327,089

99.17style="color:green;"| +0.22

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 2,732

0.83style="color:red;"| –0.22
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 329,821

65.74style="color:red;"| –6.64
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 171,855

34.26style="color:green;"| +6.64
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 501,676

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=April 2019 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 90,534

25.21style="color:green;"| +1.69

| 2

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 77,902

21.69style="color:red;"| –19.86

| 1

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)

| 54,361

15.14style="color:green;"| +0.74

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| 52,266

14.55New

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 40,139

11.18style="color:green;"| +10.97

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Unidas Podemos}}"|

| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)

| 36,784

10.24style="color:red;"| –7.49

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 3,049

0.85style="color:red;"| –0.15

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|

| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB)

| 427

0.12style="color:red;"| –0.06

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|

| align="left"| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)

| 332

0.09style="color:red;"| –0.05

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 286

0.08style="color:red;"| –0.06

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|For a Fairer World}}"|

| align="left"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J)

| 274

0.08New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)

| 260

0.07New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Libertarian Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Libertarian Party (P–LIB)

| 187

0.05style="color:green;"| +0.01

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,303

0.64style="color:red;"| –0.09

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 359,104

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 359,104

98.95style="color:green;"| +0.06

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,806

1.05style="color:red;"| –0.06
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 362,910

72.38style="color:green;"| +3.86
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 138,501

27.62style="color:red;"| –3.86
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 501,411

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=2016 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 140,252

41.55style="color:green;"| +4.64

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 79,407

23.52style="color:green;"| +1.11

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Unidos Podemos}}"|

| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)1

| 59,845

17.73style="color:red;"| –4.56

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)

| 48,626

14.40style="color:red;"| –0.85

| 1

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 3,369

1.00style="color:green;"| +0.16

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 1,051

0.31style="color:red;"| –0.51

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 713

0.21style="color:red;"| –0.05

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|

| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB)

| 596

0.18New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|

| align="left"| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)

| 483

0.14style="color:red;"| –0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 468

0.14style="color:green;"| +0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)

| 156

0.05±0.00

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Libertarian Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Libertarian Party (P–LIB)

| 147

0.04New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,454

0.73style="color:red;"| –0.08

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 337,567

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 337,567

98.89style="color:red;"| –0.01

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,781

1.11style="color:green;"| +0.01
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 341,348

68.52style="color:red;"| –2.45
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 156,855

31.48style="color:green;"| +2.45
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 498,203

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Unidos Podemos results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos and United Left–Popular Unity in Common in the 2015 election.}}}}

=2015 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 129,216

36.91style="color:red;"| –15.26

| 2

style="color:red;"| –2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 78,460

22.41style="color:red;"| –2.82

| 1

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| We Can (Podemos)

| 62,569

17.87New

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)

| 53,371

15.25New

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Popular Unity (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left–Popular Unity in Common (IU–UPeC)

| 15,488

4.42style="color:green;"| +0.83

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 2,943

0.84style="color:green;"| +0.49

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 2,875

0.82style="color:red;"| –2.77

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 901

0.26New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Zero Cuts}}"|

| align="left"| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)

| 529

0.15New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 461

0.13style="color:red;"| –0.03

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 236

0.07style="color:red;"| –0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)

| 173

0.05style="color:red;"| –0.03

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,849

0.81style="color:red;"| –0.37

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 350,071

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 350,071

98.90style="color:green;"| +0.04

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,904

1.10style="color:red;"| –0.04
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 353,975

70.97style="color:red;"| –0.59
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 144,796

29.03style="color:green;"| +0.59
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 498,771

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=2011 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 183,244

52.17style="color:green;"| +2.18

| 4

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 88,624

25.23style="color:red;"| –18.38

| 1

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| 44,010

12.53New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 12,614

3.59style="color:green;"| +2.21

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| United Left of Cantabria: Plural Left (IUC)

| 12,608

3.59style="color:green;"| +1.32

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Equo}}"|

| align="left"| Equo (Equo)

| 2,482

0.71New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 1,232

0.35style="color:green;"| +0.16

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 578

0.16style="color:green;"| +0.03

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basta Ya}}"|

| align="left"| Enough is Enough, Open Grouping of Political Parties (Basta Ya)

| 380

0.11New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Anti-capitalists}}"|

| align="left"| Anti-capitalists (Anticapitalistas)

| 354

0.10New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republicans}}"|

| align="left"| Republicans (RPS)

| 277

0.08New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 275

0.08style="color:green;"| +0.03

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)

| 269

0.08style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Unification of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)

| 145

0.04New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 4,157

1.18style="color:red;"| –0.05

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 351,249

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 351,249

98.86style="color:red;"| –0.35

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 4,040

1.14style="color:green;"| +0.35
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 355,289

71.56style="color:red;"| –4.82
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 141,194

28.44style="color:green;"| +4.82
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 496,483

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=2008 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 184,853

49.99style="color:red;"| –1.91

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 161,279

43.61style="color:green;"| +2.74

| 2

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 8,395

2.27style="color:red;"| –1.04

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 5,094

1.38New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Greens of Europe (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| The Greens of Europe (LVdE)

| 1,060

0.29New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 713

0.19New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 497

0.13style="color:green;"| +0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Social Democratic Party (PSD)

| 444

0.12New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Engine and Sports Alternative}}"|

| align="left"| Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)

| 394

0.11New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|For a Fairer World}}"|

| align="left"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J)

| 353

0.10New

| 0

±0
bgcolor="white"|

| align="left"| Alternative in Blank (ABLA)

| 305

0.08New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)

| 302

0.08style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens for Blank Votes}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)

| 297

0.08style="color:red;"| –0.28

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)

| 286

0.08New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)

| 219

0.06New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 175

0.05style="color:red;"| –0.14

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Family and Life Party}}"|

| align="left"| Family and Life Party (PFyV)

| 166

0.04New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Alternative}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Alternative (AES)

| 157

0.04New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Democracy (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| National Democracy (DN)

| 154

0.04style="color:red;"| –0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Auténtica}}"|

| align="left"| Authentic Phalanx (FA)

| 112

0.03style="color:red;"| –0.01

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 4,551

1.23style="color:red;"| –1.02

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 369,806

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 369,806

99.21style="color:green;"| +0.09

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 2,926

0.79style="color:red;"| –0.09
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 372,732

76.38style="color:red;"| –0.85
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 115,277

23.62style="color:green;"| +0.85
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 488,009

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=2004 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 190,383

51.90style="color:red;"| –4.94

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 149,906

40.87style="color:green;"| +7.40

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 12,146

3.31style="color:red;"| –1.71

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Cantabrian Nationalist Council}}"|

| align="left"| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC)

| 1,431

0.39style="color:red;"| –0.24

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens for Blank Votes}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)

| 1,326

0.36New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

| 896

0.24style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 694

0.19style="color:green;"| +0.08

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Social Movement}}"|

| align="left"| Republican Social Movement (MSR)

| 500

0.14New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 431

0.12style="color:red;"| –0.04

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)1

| 209

0.06±0.00

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Democracy (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| National Democracy (DN)

| 204

0.06New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La Falange (1999)}}"|

| align="left"| The Phalanx (FE)

| 167

0.05style="color:red;"| –0.04

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Auténtica}}"|

| align="left"| Authentic Phalanx (FA)

| 140

0.04New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Carlist Party (1970)}}"|

| align="left"| Carlist Party (PC)

| 126

0.03New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 8,267

2.25style="color:red;"| –0.37

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 366,826

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 366,826

99.12style="color:green;"| +0.08

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,244

0.88style="color:red;"| –0.08
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 370,070

77.23style="color:green;"| +5.42
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 109,119

22.77style="color:red;"| –5.42
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 479,189

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO results are compared to Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 totals in the 2000 election.}}}}

=2000 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 189,442

56.84style="color:green;"| +6.37

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)

| 111,556

33.47style="color:red;"| –2.14

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 16,714

5.02style="color:red;"| –6.34

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Cantabrian Nationalist Council}}"|

| align="left"| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC)

| 2,103

0.63New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Independent Group}}"|

| align="left"| Liberal Independent Group (GIL)

| 1,343

0.40New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)

| 743

0.22style="color:red;"| –0.18

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Natural Law Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Natural Law Party (PLN)

| 598

0.18New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 536

0.16style="color:red;"| –0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 353

0.11style="color:red;"| –0.06

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)

| 328

0.10New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La Falange (1999)}}"|

| align="left"| The Phalanx (FE)

| 293

0.09New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española Independiente}}"|

| align="left"| Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000)

| 194

0.06New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spain 2000}}"|

| align="left"| Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000)

| 183

0.05New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Democratic Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)

| 156

0.05New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 8,726

2.62style="color:green;"| +1.02

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 333,268

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 333,268

99.04style="color:red;"| –0.25

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,240

0.96style="color:green;"| +0.25
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 336,508

71.81style="color:red;"| –7.50
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 132,099

28.19style="color:green;"| +7.50
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 468,607

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

=1996 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 175,651

50.47style="color:green;"| +13.44

| 3

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 123,940

35.61style="color:red;"| –1.56

| 2

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 39,541

11.36style="color:green;"| +3.94

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Centrist Union (UC)

| 1,408

0.40style="color:red;"| –1.14

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 640

0.18style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 608

0.17style="color:green;"| +0.10

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Revolutionary Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)1

| 377

0.11style="color:red;"| –0.11

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Democratic Republican Action}}"|

| align="left"| Republican Action (AR)

| 257

0.07style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 5,578

1.60style="color:green;"| +0.31

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 348,000

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 348,000

99.29style="color:green;"| +0.10

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 2,477

0.71style="color:red;"| –0.10
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 350,477

79.31style="color:green;"| +0.33
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 91,457

20.69style="color:red;"| –0.33
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 441,934

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Workers' Revolutionary Party results are compared to Workers' Socialist Party totals in the 1993 election.}}}}

=1993 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 122,418

37.17style="color:red;"| –2.90

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 121,967

37.03style="color:red;"| –1.38

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union for the Progress of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)

| 27,005

8.20New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 24,453

7.42style="color:green;"| +1.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| 18,608

5.65New

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

| 5,081

1.54style="color:red;"| –8.19

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Confederation of the Greens}}"|

| align="left"| The Greens (LV)

| 1,777

0.54style="color:red;"| –0.08

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Ecologist Greens (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| The Ecologists (LE)

| 855

0.26style="color:red;"| –0.57

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Socialist Party (PST)

| 729

0.22style="color:red;"| –0.36

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ruiz-Mateos Group}}"|

| align="left"| Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE)

| 557

0.17style="color:red;"| –0.57

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 537

0.16style="color:red;"| –0.22

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Nationalist Party of Cantabria (PNC)

| 383

0.00New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 239

0.07style="color:red;"| –0.05

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Natural Law Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Natural Law Party (PLN)

| 184

0.06New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Democratic Republican Action}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Democratic Republican Action (ARDE)

| 152

0.05New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for a New Socialist Party}}"|

| align="left"| Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)1

| 147

0.04style="color:red;"| –0.05

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Unification of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)

| 0

0.00New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 4,252

1.29style="color:green;"| +0.36

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 329,344

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 329,344

99.19style="color:green;"| +0.27

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 2,675

0.81style="color:red;"| –0.27
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 332,019

78.98style="color:green;"| +4.70
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 88,357

21.02style="color:red;"| –4.70
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 420,376

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Coalition for a New Socialist Party results are compared to Alliance for the Republic totals in the 1989 election.}}}}

=1989 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 119,352

40.07style="color:red;"| –4.26

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)1

| 114,403

38.41style="color:green;"| +4.35

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

| 28,976

9.73style="color:red;"| –3.23

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 19,058

6.40style="color:green;"| +3.31

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Ecologist Greens (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| The Ecologist Greens (LVE)

| 2,481

0.83New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ruiz-Mateos Group}}"|

| align="left"| Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)

| 2,208

0.74New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Confederation of the Greens}}"|

| align="left"| The Greens (LV)

| 1,860

0.62New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Socialist Party (PST)

| 1,727

0.58style="color:red;"| –0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)2

| 1,291

0.43style="color:red;"| –0.83

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

| 1,132

0.38New

| 0

±0
bgcolor="white"|

| align="left"| Radicals for Cantabria (RxC)

| 904

0.30New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)

| 868

0.29style="color:red;"| –0.23

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 347

0.12New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Alliance for the Republic (AxR)3

| 256

0.09style="color:red;"| –0.18

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Partíu Asturianista}}"|

| align="left"| Asturianist Party (PAS)

| 186

0.06New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,824

0.95style="color:green;"| +0.14

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 297,873

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 297,873

98.92style="color:green;"| +0.99

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,245

1.08style="color:red;"| –0.99
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 301,118

74.28style="color:green;"| +0.85
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 104,263

25.72style="color:red;"| –0.85
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 405,381

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 People's Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1986 election.

| 2 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity results are compared to Communists' Unity Board totals in the 1986 election.

| 3 Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1986 election.}}}}

=1986 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 129,041

44.33style="color:red;"| –0.67

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1

| 99,149

34.06style="color:red;"| –4.85

| 2

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

| 37,710

12.96style="color:green;"| +7.90

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)2

| 8,997

3.09style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Reformist Party}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)

| 3,866

1.33New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communists' Unity Board}}"|

| align="left"| Communists' Unity Board (MUC)

| 3,664

1.26New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Socialist Party (PST)

| 1,713

0.59style="color:green;"| +0.01

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)

| 1,503

0.52New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Popular Unity}}"|

| align="left"| Republican Popular Unity (UPR)

| 988

0.34New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Unification of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)

| 948

0.33style="color:green;"| +0.19

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)

| 783

0.27New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party of the Communists of Catalonia}}"|

| align="left"| Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)

| 331

0.11New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,371

0.81style="color:green;"| +0.22

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 291,064

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 291,064

97.93style="color:green;"| +0.90

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 6,164

2.07style="color:red;"| –0.90
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 297,228

73.43style="color:red;"| –9.24
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 107,529

26.57style="color:green;"| +9.24
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 404,757

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party totals in the 1982 election.

| 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1982 election.}}}}

=1982 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Cantabria

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 135,987

45.00style="color:green;"| +14.72

| 3

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party}}"|

| align="left"| People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP)1

| 117,567

38.91style="color:green;"| +28.61

| 2

style="color:green;"| +2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)

| 16,265

5.38style="color:red;"| –36.48

| 0

style="color:red;"| –3
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

| 15,281

5.06New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of Spain (PCE)

| 9,265

3.07style="color:red;"| –3.54

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Socialist Party (PST)

| 1,760

0.58New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Force (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| New Force (FN)2

| 1,716

0.57style="color:red;"| –3.33

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falangist Mountain Unity}}"|

| align="left"| Falangist Mountain Unity–Falangist Movement of Spain (UFM–MFE)

| 827

0.27style="color:green;"| +0.02

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Solidarity}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Solidarity (SE)

| 642

0.21New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Unification of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)

| 421

0.14New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Unified Communist Party of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Unity Candidacy (CUC)

| 404

0.13New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Workers League (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Communist League–Internationalist Socialist Workers' Coalition (LC (COSI))

| 262

0.09New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Action Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Socialist Party (PS)3

| 0

0.00style="color:red;"| –1.44

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Revolutionary Communist League (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)

| 0

0.00style="color:red;"| –0.29

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)

| 0

0.00New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 1,768

0.59style="color:green;"| +0.14

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 302,165

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 302,165

97.03style="color:red;"| –0.95

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 9,250

2.97style="color:green;"| +0.95
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 311,415

82.67style="color:green;"| +12.22
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 65,297

17.33style="color:red;"| –12.22
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 376,712

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party results are compared to Right Independent Group totals in the 1979 election.

| 2 New Force results are compared to National Union totals in the 1979 election.

| 3 Socialist Party results are compared to Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) totals in the 1979 election.}}}}

=1979 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Santander

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)

| 108,552

41.86style="color:green;"| +1.80

| 3

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1

| 78,512

30.28style="color:green;"| +1.21

| 2

style="color:green;"| +1
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Right Independent Group (AID)2

| 26,707

10.30style="color:red;"| –3.97

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of Spain (PCE)

| 17,140

6.61style="color:green;"| +1.16

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Union (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| National Union (UN)3

| 10,106

3.90style="color:green;"| +2.50

| 0

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party of Labour of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)4

| 4,014

1.55style="color:green;"| +0.91

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Action Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)

| 3,735

1.44style="color:red;"| –2.04

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Revolutionary Organization (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)5

| 3,267

1.26style="color:green;"| +0.27

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (Auténtica)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))

| 1,387

0.53style="color:red;"| –0.08

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Carlist Party (1970)}}"|

| align="left"| Carlist Party (PC)

| 1,013

0.39New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Movement (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)

| 872

0.34New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag)}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (OCE–BR)

| 772

0.30New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Revolutionary Communist League (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)

| 752

0.29New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falangist Mountain Unity}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx–Falangist Unity (FE–UF)

| 660

0.25New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left (Spain, 1977)}}"|

| align="left"| Republican Left (IR)

| 643

0.25New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 1,175

0.45style="color:green;"| +0.30

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 259,307

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

±0
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 259,307

97.98style="color:green;"| +0.86

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 5,351

2.02style="color:red;"| –0.86
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 264,658

70.45style="color:red;"| –10.28
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 111,008

29.55style="color:green;"| +10.28
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 375,666

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl

| 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity in the 1977 election.

| 2 Right Independent Group results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1977 election.

| 3 National Union results are compared to National Alliance July 18 totals in the 1977 election.

| 4 Party of Labour of Spain results are compared to Democratic Left Front totals in the 1977 election.

| 5 Workers' Revolutionary Organization results are compared to Workers' Electoral Group totals in the 1977 election.}}}}

=1977 general election=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Santander

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="45"| ±pp

! width="35"| Total

! width="35"| +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)

| 102,719

40.06n/a

| 3

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 67,611

26.37n/a

| 1

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Alliance (AP)

| 36,598

14.27n/a

| 1

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Spain}}"|

| align="left"| Communist Party of Spain (PCE)

| 13,971

5.45n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Action Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)

| 8,914

3.48n/a

| 0

n/a
colspan="7" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Socialist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US)

| 6,923

2.70n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy Federation–Christian Democracy Team}}"|

| align="left"| Federation of Christian Democracy (FPD–ID)

| 5,930

2.31n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Democratic Socialist Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Democratic Socialist Party (PSDE)

| 3,786

1.48n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Alliance July 18}}"|

| align="left"| National Alliance July 18 (AN18)

| 3,582

1.40n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Revolutionary Organization (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Workers' Electoral Group (AET)

| 2,551

0.99n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Falange Española de las JONS (Auténtica)}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))

| 1,797

0.70n/a

| 0

n/a
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Left Front (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Democratic Left Front (FDI)

| 1,633

0.64n/a

| 0

n/a
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 391

0.15n/a

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 256,406

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|

| 5

n/a
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes

| 256,406

97.12n/a

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 7,591

2.88n/a
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 263,997

80.73n/a
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 63,011

19.27n/a
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 327,008

bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources

References

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