Spanish local elections, 1979
Spanish local elections, 1979
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← 1976 |
3 April 1979 |
1983 → |
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67,505 seats in 7,870 local councils
1,024 seats in 38 provincial deputations
153 seats in 3 Juntas Generales in the Basque Country
137 seats in 7 cabildos in the Canary Islands
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Registered |
26,591,013 |
Turnout |
16,621,868 (62.5%) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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![Adolfo Suárez 1977b (cropped).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez_1977b_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez_1977b_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
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![Felipe González 1986d (cropped).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Felipe_Gonz%C3%A1lez_1986d_%28cropped%29.jpg/114px-Felipe_Gonz%C3%A1lez_1986d_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Leader |
Adolfo Suárez |
None |
Felipe González |
Party |
UCD |
Independent |
PSOE |
Leader since |
3 May 1977 |
N/A |
13 October 1974 |
Seats won |
28,960 |
14,684 |
12,059 |
Popular vote |
5,018,784 |
1,661,664 |
4,615,837 |
Percentage |
30.63% |
10.14% |
28.17% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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![Santiago Carrillo 1978 (cropped).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Santiago_Carrillo_1978_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Santiago_Carrillo_1978_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
![Manuel Fraga 1982 (cropped).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Manuel_Fraga_1982_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Manuel_Fraga_1982_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
![Jordi Pujol 1980s (cropped).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jordi_Pujol_1980s_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Jordi_Pujol_1980s_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Leader |
Santiago Carrillo |
Manuel Fraga |
Jordi Pujol |
Party |
PCE |
CD |
CiU |
Leader since |
3 July 1960 |
9 October 1976 |
19 September 1978 |
Seats won |
3,727 |
2,339 |
1.756 |
Popular vote |
2,139,570 |
489,581 |
504,832 |
Percentage |
13.06% |
2.99% |
3.08% |
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The 1979 Spanish municipal elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, throughout all Spain municipalities.
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