Spanish general election, 1979

Spanish general election, 1979

1977 ← March 1, 1979 → 1982

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 68.04%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Adolfo Suárez Felipe González Santiago Carrillo Party Union of the Democratic Centre Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Communist Party of Spain Leader since 3 May 1977 13 October 1974 3 July 1960 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 166 seats, 34.44% 118 seats, 29.32% 19 seats, 9.33% Seats won 168 121 23 Seat change 2 3 4 Popular vote 6,268,593 5,469,813 1,938,487 Percentage 34.84% 30.40% 10.77% Swing 0.40% 1.08% 1.44%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Manuel Fraga Jordi Pujol i Soley Blas Piñar Party People's Alliance Convergence and Union National Union Leader since 23 September 1976 17 November 1974 1966 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Madrid Last election 16 seats, 8.21% 11 seats, 2.81% N/A Seats won 10 8 1 Seat change 6 3 1 Popular vote 1,088,578 483,353 378,964 Percentage 6.05% 2.69% 2.11% Swing 2.16% 0.12% 2.11%

Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and UCD (blue). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress.

Prime Minister before election Adolfo Suárez Union of the Democratic Centre Elected Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez Union of the Democratic Centre

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General elections were held in Spain on 1 March 1979.

Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.

Party	% of vote	Seats
Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD)	35.08	168
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)	30.54	121
Partido Comunista de España (PCE)	10.82	23
Coalición Democrática (CD)	5.97	9
Convergencia i Unio (CiU)	2.70	8
Unión nacional (UN)	2.12	1
Partido Socialista Andalucista (PSA)	1.82	5
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)	1.54	7
Herri Batasuna (HB)	0.96	3
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)	0.69	1
Euskadiko Ezkerra (EE)	0.48	1
Unión del Pueblo Canario (UPC)	0.33	1
Partido Aragonés Regionalista (PAR)	0.21	1
Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN)	0.16	1
Total	100%	350

References

• El País official webpage (Spanish)
• Congreso de españa official webpage (Spanish)