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The following elections occurred in the year 1979.


Africa

* Algeria:
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* Benin:
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* Botswana:
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* Gabon:
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* Ghana:
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* Kenya:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Mali:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Nigeria: **
parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
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presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The pre ...
* Ghana:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Rhodesia:
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* Seychelles:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Somali:
parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Togo:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election


Asia

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1979 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winnin ...
* India: **
1979 Indian vice presidential election The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was held in mid-1979 to elect the vice president of India. Former chief justice Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed for the post. Had the election been contested by more than one candidate, it ...
** 1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections ** 1979 Nagapattinam by-election * Iran: **
March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in Iran on 30 and 31 March 1979. Although some groups objected to the wording and choice and boycotted the referendum, it was approved by 98.2% of eligible citizens, according to official resu ...
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December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Iran on 2 and 3 December 1979. The new Islamic constitution was approved by 99.5% of voters. The referendum was held by the Council of the Islamic Revolution, because Bazargan's Interim Government—which ...
* Japan:
general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Mindanao: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections * Philippines: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections


Australia

* 1979 Norwood state by-election *
1979 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 15 September 1979. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Des Corcoran was defeated by t ...
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1979 Tasmanian state election The 1979 Tasmanian state election was held on 28 July 1979 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were ele ...


Europe


Austria

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1979 Austrian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979. The Socialist Party won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215 As of the 2017 elections, this is the most seats that an A ...


Denmark

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1979 Danish parliamentary election General elections were held in Denmark on 23 October 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 68 of the 179 seats. Voter tur ...


European Parliament

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1979 European Parliament election The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states. They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the Europea ...
** in Belgium ** in Denmark ** in France ** in Greenland ** in Ireland ** in Italy *** in Sardinia *** in Veneto ** in Luxembourg ** in the Netherlands ** in the United Kingdom ** in West Germany


Finland

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1979 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 and 19 March 1979. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background Prime Minister Martti Miettunen's centrist minority government (Centre Party, Swedish P ...
* 1979 Ålandic legislative election


France

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1979 European Parliament election in France In 1979 the first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in France. Four parties were able to win seats: the centre right Union for French Democracy the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, the Socialist Party and the French Communis ...
* 1979 French cantonal elections


Germany

* 1979 West German presidential election * 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany * 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election *
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Iceland

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1979 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 2 and 3 December 1979. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p962 The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winn ...


Ireland

* 1979 Irish local elections *
1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election The 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in December 1979, when Jack Lynch resigned as party leader and Taoiseach. Lynch had been party leader for thirteen years and Taoiseach for over nine years. His successor was elected by the member ...


Italy

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1979 European Parliament election in Italy The 1979 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 10 June 1979. A week before Italy had voted for its general election: the lack of matching between the two elections caused much controversy for wasting public money. Electoral system ...
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1979 Italian general election The 1979 Italian general election was held in Italy on 3 June 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1048. This election was called just a week before the European vote: the failure to hold the two ...


Luxembourg

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1979 Luxembourg general election General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 59 seats in the C ...


Norway

* 1979 Norwegian local elections


Portugal

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1979 Portuguese legislative election The 1979 Portuguese legislative election took place on 2 December. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic, 13 seats less than those elected in 1976. The last election, three and a half years before, in April 1976, w ...
* 1979 Portuguese local elections


Spain

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1979 Spanish general election The 1979 Spanish general election was held on Thursday, 1 March 1979, to elect the 1st Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 208 seats in the Senate. This was the ...


Sweden

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1979 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 16 September 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 154 of the 349 seat ...
* 1979 Stockholm municipal election


Switzerland

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1979 Swiss federal election Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 21 October 1979. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1895 The Social Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest parties in the Natio ...


United Kingdom

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1979 United Kingdom general election The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with ...
** List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election *
1979 Clitheroe by-election On 1 March 1979 a by-election was held for the House of Commons constituency of Clitheroe in Lancashire. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate David Waddington. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parlia ...
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1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom The 1979 European Parliament election, was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom after the European Communities (EC) decided to directly elect representatives to the European Parliament. It was held on 7 June. Elections ...
*
1979 South West Hertfordshire by-election The 1979 South West Hertfordshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 December 1979 for the British House of Commons constituency of South West Hertfordshire. Previous MP The seat fell vacant when the constituency's Conse ...
* 1979 Knutsford by-election * 1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election * 1979 Manchester Central by-election *
1979 Scottish devolution referendum A post-legislative referendum was held in Scotland in 1979 to decide whether there was a sufficient support for a Scottish Assembly proposed in the Scotland Act 1978 among the Scottish electorate. This was an act to create a devolved deliberati ...
* 1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election


United Kingdom local

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1979 United Kingdom local elections Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1979 (the same day as the general election). The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party, who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous year ...


=English local

= * 1979 Manchester Council election * 1979 Trafford Council election * 1979 Wolverhampton Council election


North America

* 1979 Belizean legislative election


Canada

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1979 Canadian federal election The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Mini ...
*
1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in go ...
*
1979 British Columbia general election The 1979 British Columbia general election was the 32nd general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 3, 1979. The elec ...
* 1979 Edmonton municipal plebiscite *
1979 Newfoundland general election The 1979 Newfoundland general election was held on June 18, 1979 to elect members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party. Results Members elected For complete electoral history, see indivi ...
* 1979 Northwest Territories general election * 1979 Prince Edward Island general election


United States

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1979 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held in the fall of 1979, in three states and one territory. Republicans gained one gubernatorial seat in this year with Dave Treen's victory in Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French ...


United States gubernatorial

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1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election The 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of David Treen as the first Republican governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction in the disputed election of 1872. Incumbent Governor Edwin Edwards was ineligible to run for ...
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1979 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held in the fall of 1979, in three states and one territory. Republicans gained one gubernatorial seat in this year with Dave Treen's victory in Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French ...


Louisiana

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1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election The 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of David Treen as the first Republican governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction in the disputed election of 1872. Incumbent Governor Edwin Edwards was ineligible to run for ...


Oceania

* 1979 Christchurch Central by-election


Australia

* 1979 Norwood state by-election *
1979 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 15 September 1979. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Des Corcoran was defeated by t ...
*
1979 Tasmanian state election The 1979 Tasmanian state election was held on 28 July 1979 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were ele ...


See also

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