Spain 1979 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Union of the Democratic Centre won 168 of 350 seats with 35.0% of the vote; 68.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 10.8 points on 1977.
- Spain
- Held
Result
- Union of the Democratic Centre168
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party121
- Communist Party / United Left23
- People's Party9
- Convergence and Union8
- Basque Nationalist Party7
- Andalusian Party5
- Batasuna3
- Unnamed party with one seat2
- Aragonese Party1
- Euskadiko Ezkerra1
- National Union1
- Republican Left of Catalonia1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union of the Democratic Centrewith Liberal Party | 168 | +2 | 35.0 | +0.4 | 6,268,593 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 121 | +3 | 30.5 | +1.1 | 5,469,813 |
| Communist Party / United Left | 23 | +4 | 10.8 | +1.5 | 1,938,487 |
| People's Party | 9 | −7 | 5.9 | −2.3 | 1,060,330 |
| Convergence and Union | 8 | −3 | 2.7 | −0.1 | 483,353 |
| National Union | 1 | 2.1 | 378,964 | ||
| Andalusian Party | 5 | 1.8 | 325,842 | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party | 7 | −1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 296,597 |
| Party of Labour of Spain | 0 | 1.1 | 192,798 | ||
| Batasuna | 3 | 1.0 | 172,110 | ||
| Republican Left of Catalonia | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 123,452 |
| Euskadiko Ezkerra | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 85,677 |
| Aragonese Party | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 38,042 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 2 |
± is the change against the Spain 1977 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Union of the Democratic Centre 6,268,593
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 5,469,813
- Communist Party / United Left 1,938,487
- People's Party 1,060,330
- Convergence and Union 483,353
- National Union 378,964
- Andalusian Party 325,842
- Basque Nationalist Party 296,597
- Party of Labour of Spain 192,798
- Batasuna 172,110
- Republican Left of Catalonia 123,452
- Euskadiko Ezkerra 85,677
- Aragonese Party 38,042
- Unnamed party with one seat
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
68.0% of the 26,836,490 registered voters cast a ballot (18,259,192 ballots), down 10.8 points on 1977. 17,933,648 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Union of the Democratic Centre35.0% of votes48.0% of seats
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party30.5% of votes34.6% of seats
- Communist Party / United Left10.8% of votes6.6% of seats
- People's Party5.9% of votes2.6% of seats
- Convergence and Union2.7% of votes2.3% of seats
- Basque Nationalist Party1.6% of votes2.0% of seats
- Andalusian Party1.8% of votes1.4% of seats
- Batasuna1.0% of votes0.9% of seats
- National Union2.1% of votes0.3% of seats
- Republican Left of Catalonia0.7% of votes0.3% of seats
- Euskadiko Ezkerra0.5% of votes0.3% of seats
- Aragonese Party0.2% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Union of the Democratic Centre led Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by 4.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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