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
| Share of the Congress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.