Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Community of Madrid)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Community of Madrid on 3 April 1979. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]

Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.

  UCD (39.01%)

  PSOE (24.50%)

  PCE (12.69%)

  CD (2.69%)

  Other (21.11%)

Summary of the 3 April 1979 municipal election results in the Community of Madrid →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	800,541	38.79	n/a	419	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	740,238	35.86	n/a	667	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	346,267	16.78	n/a	217	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	57,427	2.78	n/a	15	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	25,440	1.23	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	12,765	0.62	n/a	46	n/a
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	6,442	0.31	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)	5,317	0.26	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE)	5,279	0.26	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	3,520	0.17	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	3,012	0.15	n/a	0	n/a
	New Force (FN)	2,395	0.12	n/a	7	n/a
	Socialist Party (PS)	2,298	0.11	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	2,186	0.11	n/a	0	n/a
	Liberal Party (PL)	2,132	0.10	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent Group (AI)	1,979	0.10	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent (Torrejón de Ardoz) (INDEP)	1,536	0.07	n/a	2	n/a
	Left Independent Citizen Candidacy (CCII)	1,407	0.07	n/a	0	n/a
	Independents (Alcobendas) (INDEP)	1,186	0.06	n/a	1	n/a
	Others	42,636	2.07	n/a	331	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		2,064,003	100.00		1,710	n/a
Valid votes		2,064,003	99.98	n/a
Invalid votes		397	0.02	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		2,064,400	65.58	n/a
Abstentions		1,083,478	34.42	n/a
Registered voters		3,147,878
Sources[1][3]

Popular vote PSOE   38.79% UCD   35.86% PCE   16.78% ORT   2.78% FE–JONS   1.23% Others   4.56% Blank ballots   0.00%

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1]

Municipality	Population	New control
Alcalá de Henares	110,102		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcobendas	55,869		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón	119,300		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Coslada	37,268		Communist Party of Spain (PCE) (PSOE in 1982)
Fuenlabrada	28,353		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe	124,601		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Leganés	151,235		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid	3,355,720		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Móstoles	101,266		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Parla	35,259		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz	54,702		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Municipalities

Alcalá de Henares

Population: 110,102

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Alcalá de Henares election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	15,816	39.53	n/a	12	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	9,381	23.45	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	8,676	21.68	n/a	6	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	3,783	9.45	n/a	2	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,112	2.78	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	753	1.88	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	402	1.00	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	89	0.22	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		40,012			27	n/a
Valid votes		40,012	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		40,012	57.94	n/a
Abstentions		29,043	42.06	n/a
Registered voters		69,055
Sources[1][4]

Alcobendas

Population: 55,869

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Alcobendas election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,346	47.91	n/a	13	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	4,294	22.01	n/a	6	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	4,036	20.69	n/a	5	n/a
	Independents (INDEP)	1,186	6.08	n/a	1	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	645	3.31	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	0	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		19,507			25	n/a
Valid votes		19,507	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		19,507	60.63	n/a
Abstentions		12,667	39.37	n/a
Registered voters		32,174
Sources[1][5]

Alcorcón

Population: 119,300

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Alcorcón election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	20,624	47.05	n/a	14	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	9,921	22.63	n/a	7	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	8,976	20.48	n/a	6	n/a
	Independent Group (AI)	1,979	4.51	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	1,506	3.44	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	829	1.89	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	0	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		43,835			27	n/a
Valid votes		43,835	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		43,835	58.47	n/a
Abstentions		31,137	41.53	n/a
Registered voters		74,972
Sources[1][6]

Coslada

Population: 37,268

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Coslada election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	6,725	44.34	n/a	9	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,345	35.24	n/a	8	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	2,155	14.21	n/a	3	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	941	6.20	n/a	1	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		15,166			21	n/a
Valid votes		15,166	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		15,166	67.85	n/a
Abstentions		7,186	32.15	n/a
Registered voters		22,352
Sources[1][7]

Fuenlabrada

Population: 28,353

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Fuenlabrada election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,696	38.91	n/a	9	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	2,958	31.14	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	1,658	17.45	n/a	4	n/a
	Independents (INDEP)	584	6.15	n/a	1	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	366	3.85	n/a	0	n/a
	New Force (FN)	209	2.20	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	28	0.29	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		9,499			21	n/a
Valid votes		9,499	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		9,499	57.98	n/a
Abstentions		6,884	42.02	n/a
Registered voters		16,383
Sources[1][8]

Getafe

Population: 124,601

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Getafe election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	16,960	35.18	n/a	10	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	16,833	34.92	n/a	10	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	8,664	17.97	n/a	5	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	3,763	7.81	n/a	2	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,388	2.88	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	438	0.91	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	162	0.34	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		48,208			27	n/a
Valid votes		48,208	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		48,208	61.96	n/a
Abstentions		29,594	38.04	n/a
Registered voters		77,802
Sources[1][9]

Leganés

Population: 151,235

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Leganés election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	28,924	49.41	n/a	14	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	16,613	28.38	n/a	8	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	8,930	15.25	n/a	4	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	3,158	5.39	n/a	1	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	671	1.15	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	245	0.42	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		58,541			27	n/a
Valid votes		58,541	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		58,541	62.33	n/a
Abstentions		35,382	37.67	n/a
Registered voters		93,923
Sources[1][10]

Madrid

Main article: 1979 Madrid City Council election

Population: 3,355,720

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Madrid election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	632,329	40.29	n/a	25	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	619,772	39.49	n/a	25	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	230,651	14.69	n/a	9	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	37,396	2.38	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	25,038	1.60	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)	5,317	0.34	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	5,251	0.33	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE)	5,241	0.33	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	2,401	0.15	n/a	0	n/a
	Socialist Party (PS)	2,298	0.15	n/a	0	n/a
	Liberal Party (PL)	2,132	0.14	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	1,784	0.11	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		1,569,610			59	n/a
Valid votes		1,569,610	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		1,569,610	65.98	n/a
Abstentions		809,331	34.02	n/a
Registered voters		2,378,941
Sources[1][11][12]

Móstoles

Population: 101,266

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Móstoles election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,980	41.52	n/a	13	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	9,565	30.59	n/a	10	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	4,229	13.53	n/a	4	n/a
	Left Independent Citizen Candidacy (CCII)	1,407	4.50	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	890	2.85	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	879	2.81	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent Group (UIM)	682	2.18	n/a	0	n/a
	New Force (FN)	417	1.33	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	130	0.42	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	86	0.28	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		31,265			27	n/a
Valid votes		31,265	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		31,265	54.20	n/a
Abstentions		26,422	45.80	n/a
Registered voters		57,687
Sources[1][13]

Parla

Population: 35,259

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Parla election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,423	39.57	n/a	9	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	5,013	36.58	n/a	8	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	1,299	9.48	n/a	2	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	1,005	7.33	n/a	1	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	721	5.26	n/a	1	n/a
	Independent Electors' Group (AEI)	199	1.45	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	46	0.34	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		13,706			21	n/a
Valid votes		13,706	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		13,706	63.99	n/a
Abstentions		7,712	36.01	n/a
Registered voters		21,418
Sources[1][14]

Torrejón de Ardoz

Population: 54,702

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Torrejón de Ardoz election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,761	44.21	n/a	12	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	5,673	28.63	n/a	7	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	2,907	14.67	n/a	4	n/a
	Independent (INDEP)	1,536	7.75	n/a	2	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	711	3.59	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	227	1.15	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		19,815			25	n/a
Valid votes		19,815	100.00	n/a
Invalid votes		0	0.00	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		19,815	59.35	n/a
Abstentions		13,571	40.65	n/a
Registered voters		33,386
Sources[1][15]

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