Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Extremadura)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Extremadura, Spain on 3 April 1979. 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 (shown in bold).^[1]

Municipality	Population	New control
Almendralejo	23,123		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Badajoz	110,290		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Cáceres	63,181		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
Mérida	39,165		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Plasencia	30,285		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)

Municipalities

Almendralejo

Population: 23,123

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	4,465	41.59	n/a	10	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,305	30.78	n/a	7	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	972	9.05	n/a	2	n/a
	Democratic Coalition (CD)	546	6.52	n/a	2	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	433	4.03	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)	412	3.84	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		10,736			21	n/a
Valid votes		10,736	99.28	n/a
Invalid votes		78	0.72	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		10,814	69.95	n/a
Abstentions		4,646	30.05	n/a
Registered voters		15,460
Sources[1][3]

Badajoz

Population: 110,290

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	20,634	48.43	n/a	14	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	15,558	36.51	n/a	10	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	4,791	11.24	n/a	3	n/a
	National Union (UN)	850	1.99	n/a	0	n/a
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)	777	1.82	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		42,610			27	n/a
Valid votes		42,610	98.71	n/a
Invalid votes		555	1.29	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		43,165	58.17	n/a
Abstentions		31,035	41.83	n/a
Registered voters		74,200
Sources[1][4]

Cáceres

Population: 63,181

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	10,968	40.53	n/a	10	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	9,017	33.32	n/a	9	n/a
	Independent Cáceres Group (ACI)	4,650	17.18	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	2,425	8.96	n/a	2	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		27,060			25	n/a
Valid votes		27,060	98.98	n/a
Invalid votes		279	1.02	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		27,339	64.17	n/a
Abstentions		15,267	35.83	n/a
Registered voters		42,606
Sources[1][5]

Mérida

Population: 39,165

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	7,659	46.02	n/a	10	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,016	36.15	n/a	8	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	2,300	13.82	n/a	3	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	667	4.01	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		16,642			21	n/a
Valid votes		16,642	99.11	n/a
Invalid votes		150	0.89	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		16,792	63.47	n/a
Abstentions		9,663	36.53	n/a
Registered voters		26,455
Sources[1][6]

Plasencia

Population: 30,285

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	5,304	39.81	n/a	9	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,515	26.38	n/a	6	n/a
	Electoral Grouping (AGRUP/2)	2,703	20.29	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	785	5.89	n/a	1	n/a
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	449	3.37	n/a	0	n/a
	Electoral Grouping (AGRUP/1)	292	2.19	n/a	0	n/a
	Electoral Grouping (AGRUP/3)	276	2.07	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		13,324			21	n/a
Valid votes		13,324	99.06	n/a
Invalid votes		126	0.94	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		13,450	67.62	n/a
Abstentions		6,441	32.38	n/a
Registered voters		19,891
Sources[1][7]