Parliamentary elections were held in the
People's Republic of the Congo
The People's Republic of the Congo (french: République populaire du Congo) was a Marxist–Leninist socialist state that existed in the Republic of the Congo from 1969 to 1992.
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on 8 July 1979, concurrent with a
constitutional referendum
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. The country was a
one-party state
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at the time, with the
Congolese Party of Labour
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as the sole legal party.
Elections in Congo-Brazzaville
African Elections Database As such, it won all 153 seats in the enlarged People's National Assembly
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, with a voter turnout of 90.3%.[Congo]
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Only 153 candidates were put forward for the election, of which 69 were party representatives, 36 were from mass organisations, 20 represented regions
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and Brazzaville
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, 18 were workers, and 10 were members of the armed forces
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Results
References
{{Republic of the Congo elections
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One-party elections
Single-candidate elections
July 1979 events in Africa