Spanish general election, 1979
Spanish general election, 1979
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All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and all 208 seats in the Senate
176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies |
Opinion polls |
Registered |
26,836,490 13.8%
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Turnout |
18,259,192 (68.0%) 10.8 pp
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Adolfo Suárez |
Felipe González |
Santiago Carrillo |
Party |
UCD |
PSOE |
PCE |
Leader since |
3 May 1977 |
13 October 1974 |
3 July 1960 |
Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Madrid |
Madrid |
Last election |
165 seats, 34.4% |
124 seats, 33.8% |
20 seats, 9.3% |
Seats won |
168 |
121 |
23 |
Seat change |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Popular vote |
6,268,593 |
5,469,813 |
1,938,487 |
Percentage |
34.8% |
30.4% |
10.8% |
Swing |
0.4 pp
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3.4 pp
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1.5 pp
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Manuel Fraga |
Jordi Pujol |
Blas Piñar |
Party |
CD |
CiU |
UN |
Leader since |
9 October 1976 |
17 November 1974 |
1979 |
Leader's seat |
Madrid |
Barcelona |
Madrid |
Last election |
16 seats, 8.4% |
13 seats, 3.8% |
0 seats, 0.4% |
Seats won |
9 |
8 |
1 |
Seat change |
7 |
5 |
1 |
Popular vote |
1,094,438 |
483,353 |
378,964 |
Percentage |
6.1% |
2.7% |
2.1% |
Swing |
2.3 pp
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1.1 pp
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1.7 pp
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Provincial results map for the Congress of Deputies
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Adolfo Suárez
UCD
Adolfo Suárez
UCD
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 first election held under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) remained the largest party, winning 168 of the 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 119 of the 208 seats in the Senate. As a result, Adolfo Suárez went on to form a minority government, dependant on support from Manuel Fraga's Democratic Coalition, which experienced an electoral decline.
The Spanish legislature, the Cortes Generales, was composed of two chambers at the time of the 1979 election:
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