The following elections occurred in the year 1979.
Africa Algeria: presidential election Benin: parliamentary election Botswana: general election Congo: parliamentary election Egypt: parliamentary election Gabon: presidential election Ghana: presidential election Kenya: general election Mali: general election Nigeria: parliamentary election presidential election Ghana: general election Rhodesia: constitutional referendum Seychelles: general election Somali: parliamentary election Togo: general election Tunisia: general election Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election
Asia 1979 Bangladeshi general election 1979 Egyptian parliamentary election 1979 South Korean presidential election India: 1979 Indian vice presidential election 1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections 1979 Nagapattinam by-election Iran: 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum Japan: general election Mindanao: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections Philippines: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections Soviet Union: 1979 Soviet Union legislative election Thailand: 1979 Thai general election
Australia 1979 Australian Capital Territory election 1979 Grayndler by-election 1979 Norwood state by-election 1979 South Australian state election 1979 Tasmanian state election 1979 Victorian state election
Europe Austria 1979 Austrian legislative election
Denmark 1979 Danish parliamentary election
European Parliament 1979 European Parliament election in Belgium in Denmark in France in Greenland in Ireland in Italy in Sardinia in Veneto in Luxembourg in the Netherlands in the United Kingdom in West Germany
Finland 1979 Finnish parliamentary election 1979 Ålandic legislative election
France 1979 European Parliament election in France 1979 French cantonal elections
Germany 1979 West German presidential election 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 1979 West Berlin state election
Iceland 1979 Icelandic parliamentary election
Ireland 1979 Irish local elections 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election
Italy 1979 European Parliament election in Italy 1979 Italian general election
Luxembourg 1979 Luxembourg general election
Norway 1979 Norwegian local elections
Portugal 1979 Portuguese legislative election 1979 Portuguese local elections
Spain 1979 Spanish general election
Sweden 1979 Swedish general election 1979 Stockholm municipal election
Switzerland 1979 Swiss federal election
United Kingdom 1979 United Kingdom general election England: 1979 United Kingdom general election in England Scotland: 1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Wales: 1979 United Kingdom general election in Wales Northern Ireland: 1979 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election 1979 Clitheroe by-election 1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom 1979 South West Hertfordshire by-election 1979 Knutsford by-election 1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election 1979 Manchester Central by-election 1979 Scottish devolution referendum 1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
United Kingdom local 1979 United Kingdom local elections
English local 1979 Manchester Council election 1979 Trafford Council election 1979 Wolverhampton Council election
North America 1979 Belizean legislative election 1979 Haitian parliamentary election 1979 Saint Lucian general election 1979 Vincentian general election
Canada 1979 Canadian federal election 1979 Alberta general election 1979 British Columbia general election 1979 Edmonton municipal plebiscite 1979 Newfoundland general election 1979 Northwest Territories general election 1979 Prince Edward Island general election
United States 1979 United States elections
United States lieutenant gubernatorial 1979 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election 1979 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election
United States gubernatorial 1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1979 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1979 United States gubernatorial elections
United States House of Representatives 1979 United States House of Representatives elections
United States mayoral elections 1979 Baltimore mayoral election 1979 Boston mayoral election 1979 Burlington mayoral election 1979 Chicago mayoral election 1979 Cleveland mayoral election 1979 Durham mayoral election 1979 Evansville mayoral election 1979 Hartford mayoral election 1979 Indianapolis mayoral election 1979 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election 1979 Philadelphia mayoral election 1979 San Diego mayoral election 1979 San Francisco mayoral election 1979 Sioux Falls mayoral election 1979 South Bend mayoral election 1979 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral election 1979 Tampa mayoral election
Oceania 1979 Christchurch Central by-election
Australia 1979 Australian Capital Territory election 1979 Grayndler by-election 1979 Norwood state by-election 1979 South Australian state election 1979 Tasmanian state election 1979 Victorian state election
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