1979 Spanish General Election

1 March 1979 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority

A general election was held in Spain on 1 March 1979 to elect the members of the 1st Cortes Generales under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 208 seats in the Senate.

Prime Minister before

Adolfo Suárez

UCD

Prime Minister (continued)

Adolfo Suárez

UCD

Largest force

UCD

168 of 350 seats

Turnout

68.0%

The result

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UCD

Adolfo Suárez · 34.8% of votes · +3 seats

168

seats

PSOE

Felipe González · 30.4% of votes · -3 seats

121

seats

PCE

Santiago Carrillo · 10.8% of votes · +3 seats

seats

Manuel Fraga · 6.1% of votes · -7 seats

seats

CiU

Jordi Pujol · 2.7% of votes · -5 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Xabier Arzalluz · 1.6% of votes · -1 seats

seats


UCD	Adolfo Suárez	168	+3	6.268.593	34.8%	+0.4
PSOE	Felipe González	121	-3	5.469.813	30.4%	-3.4
PCE	Santiago Carrillo	23	+3	1.938.487	10.8%	+1.5
CD	Manuel Fraga	9	-7	1.094.438	6.1%	-2.3
CiU	Jordi Pujol	8	-5	483.353	2.7%	-1.1
EAJ/PNV	Xabier Arzalluz	7	-1	296.597	1.6%	0.0

14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.