Cantonale elections to renew canton general councillors were held in France on 18 and 25 March 1979. The left gained 9 presidencies but lost 2.
Electoral system
The cantonales elections use the same system as the regional or legislative elections. There is a 10% threshold (10% of registered voters) needed to proceed to the second round.
National results
Runoff results missing
Party/Alliance% (first round)Seats PS 26.9% 539PCF 22.5% 236UDF 21.1% 347 RPR 12.3% 172Miscellaneous Right 10.7% 350Miscellaneous Left 3.2% 54MRG 1.9% 78Far-Left 0.9% 0Ecologists 0.5% 0
References Alain Lancelot, Les élections sous la Ve République, PUF, Paris, 1988