List of elections in 1979
The following elections occurred in the year 1979.
Africa
- Beninese parliamentary election, 1979
- Botswana general election, 1979
- Gabonese presidential election, 1979
- Ghanaian presidential election, 1979
- Kenyan general election, 1979
- Malian general election, 1979
- Nigerian parliamentary election, 1979
- Nigerian presidential election, 1979
- Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1979
- Rhodesian constitutional referendum, 1979
- Seychellois general election, 1979
- Somali parliamentary election, 1979
- Togolese general election, 1979
- Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election, 1979
Asia
- Bangladeshi general election, 1979
- Iranian Islamic Republic referendum, March 1979
- Japanese general election, 1979
- Sangguniang Pampook elections, 1979
Australia
- Norwood state by-election, 1979
- South Australian state election, 1979
- Tasmanian state election, 1979
Europe
- Åland legislative election, 1979
- Danish parliamentary election, 1979
- European Parliament election, 1979
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1979
- Finnish parliamentary election, 1979
- Icelandic parliamentary election, 1979
- Irish local elections, 1979
- Italian general election, 1979
- Luxembourgian legislative election, 1979
- Norwegian local elections, 1979
- Portuguese legislative election, 1979
- Portuguese local election, 1979
- Stockholm municipal election, 1979
- Swedish general election, 1979
- United Kingdom general election, 1979
Austria
European Parliament
- European Parliament election, 1979
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Belgium)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Denmark)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (France)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Ireland)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Italy)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Luxembourg)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (Netherlands)
- European Parliament election, 1979 (West Germany)
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
- Clitheroe by-election, 1979
- European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom)
- South West Hertfordshire by-election, 1979
- Knutsford by-election, 1979
- List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1979
- Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979
- Manchester Central by-election, 1979
- Scottish devolution referendum, 1979
- Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1979
- United Kingdom general election, 1979
United Kingdom local
English local
- Manchester Council election, 1979
- Trafford Council election, 1979
- Wolverhampton Council election, 1979
North America
Canada
- Canadian federal election, 1979
- Alberta general election, 1979
- British Columbia general election, 1979
- Edmonton municipal plebiscite, 1979
- Newfoundland general election, 1979
- Northwest Territories general election, 1979
- Prince Edward Island general election, 1979
United States
United States gubernatorial
Louisiana
Oceania
Australia
- Norwood state by-election, 1979
- South Australian state election, 1979
- Tasmanian state election, 1979