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Spanish local elections, 1979

Spanish local elections, 1979
Spain
← 1976 3 April 1979 1983 →

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
Registered 26,591,013
Turnout 16,621,868 (62.5%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Adolfo Suárez 1977b (cropped).jpg Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Felipe González 1986d (cropped).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%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Santiago Carrillo 1978 (cropped).jpg Manuel Fraga 1982 (cropped).jpg Jordi Pujol 1980s (cropped).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%

The 1979 Spanish municipal elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, throughout all Spain municipalities.



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