Main: 1979 Spanish general election UCD PSOE PCE CD CiU UN PSA–PA EAJ/PNV HB Others This article presents the results breakdown of the election to the Congress of Deputies held in Spain on 1 March 1979. The following tables show detailed results in each of the country's 17 autonomous communities and in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as a summary of constituency and regional results.

Nationwide + ← Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 6,268,593 34.84 +0.40 168 +3 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 5,469,813 30.40 −3.44 121 −3 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1,938,487 10.77 +1.44 23 +3 Democratic Coalition (CD) 1,094,438 6.08 −2.33 9 −7 Democratic Coalition (CD)2 1,060,330 5.89 −2.05 9 −6 Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV)3 34,108 0.19 −0.29 0 −1 Convergence and Union (CiU)4 483,353 2.69 −1.06 8 −5 National Union (UN)5 378,964 2.11 +1.54 1 +1 Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) 325,842 1.81 New 5 +5 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 296,597 1.65 +0.03 7 −1 Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)6 192,798 1.07 +0.40 0 ±0 Popular Unity (HB)7 172,110 0.96 +0.72 3 +3 Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 138,487 0.77 +0.22 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)8 127,517 0.71 +0.29 0 ±0 Navarrese Left Union (UNAI) 10,970 0.06 −0.07 0 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)9 133,869 0.74 +0.05 0 ±0 Republican Left of Catalonia–National Front of Catalonia (ERC–FNC)10 123,452 0.69 −0.10 1 ±0 Basque Country Left (EE) 85,677 0.48 +0.14 1 ±0 Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) 84,856 0.47 +0.28 0 ±0 Galician National-Popular Bloc (BNPG) 60,889 0.34 +0.22 0 ±0 Canarian People's Union (UPC) 58,953 0.33 New 1 +1 Left Bloc for National Liberation (BEAN) 56,582 0.31 New 0 ±0 Galician Unity (PG–POG–PSG)11 55,555 0.31 +0.16 0 ±0 Republican Left (IR) 55,384 0.31 New 0 ±0 Carlist Party (PC) 50,552 0.28 +0.23 0 ±0 Communist Organization–Communist Unification (OCEBR–UCE) 47,937 0.27 New 0 ±0 Workers' Communist Party (PCT) 47,896 0.27 New 0 ±0 Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)12 38,042 0.21 +0.01 1 ±0 Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)13 36,662 0.20 −0.02 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) 30,252 0.17 −0.08 0 ±0 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 28,248 0.16 New 1 +1 Coalition for Aragon (PSAr–PSDA) 19,220 0.11 New 0 ±0 Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL) 16,016 0.09 New 0 ±0 Liberal Party (PL) 15,774 0.09 New 0 ±0 Valencian Regional Union (URV) 15,694 0.09 New 0 ±0 Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country (PNPV) 13,828 0.08 New 0 ±0 Spanish Ruralist Party (PRE) 10,324 0.06 New 0 ±0 Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) 10,099 0.06 New 0 ±0 Socialists of Mallorca and Menorca (SMiM) 10,022 0.06 New 0 ±0 Syndicalist Party (PSIN) 9,777 0.05 New 0 ±0 Union for the Freedom of Speech (ULE) 7,126 0.04 New 0 ±0 Catalan State (EC) 6,328 0.04 New 0 ±0 Cantonal Party (PCAN) 6,290 0.03 New 0 ±0 Independent Candidacy of the Countryside (CIC) 6,115 0.03 New 0 ±0 Social Christian Democracy of Catalonia (DSCC) 4,976 0.03 −0.02 0 ±0 Proverist Party (PPr) 4,939 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0 Spanish Democratic Republican Action (ARDE) 4,826 0.03 New 0 ±0 Communist League (LC) 3,614 0.02 New 0 ±0 Asturian Nationalist Council (CNA) 3,049 0.02 New 0 ±0 Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) 2,736 0.02 New 0 ±0 Pro-Austerity Policy Political Party (PIPPA) 2,409 0.01 New 0 ±0 Workers and Peasants Party (POC) 2,314 0.01 New 0 ±0 Independent Candidates of Melilla (CIME) 1,820 0.01 New 0 ±0 Falangist Unity–Independent Spanish Phalanx (UF–FI–AT) 1,188 0.01 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx–Falangist Unity (FE–UF) 876 0.00 New 0 ±0 Centre Independent Candidacy (CIC) n/a n/a −0.16 0 −1 Blank ballots 57,267 0.32 +0.07 Total 17,990,915 350 ±0 Valid votes 17,990,915 98.53 −0.04 Invalid votes 268,277 1.47 +0.04 Votes cast / turnout 18,259,192 68.04 −10.79 Abstentions 8,577,298 31.96 +10.79 Registered voters 26,836,490 Sources

Summary Constituencies

+ Summary of constituency results in the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election Constituency UCD PSOE PCE CD CiU UN PSA–PA PNV HB ERC–FN EE UPC PAR UPN % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Álava 25.4 2 21.3 1 3.3 − 6.2 − 0.9 − 22.9 1 9.9 − 4.7 − Albacete 39.0 2 38.7 2 12.4 − 4.9 − 2.2 − Alicante 37.5 4 39.4 4 11.2 1 5.2 − 1.9 − Almería 44.2 3 37.1 2 7.4 − 4.4 − 1.7 − 2.8 − Ávila 65.8 3 20.0 − 3.6 − 6.9 − 1.6 − Badajoz 44.6 4 37.3 3 9.4 − 3.4 − 1.9 − Balearics 48.9 4 29.4 2 4.9 − 9.2 − 1.1 − Barcelona 16.9 6 30.3 12 19.0 7 3.7 1 15.8 6 0.9 − 3.9 1 Biscay 16.0 2 19.1 2 5.8 − 4.2 − 1.4 − 29.2 4 14.5 2 5.8 − Burgos 52.9 3 23.0 1 4.0 − 8.2 − 3.8 − Cáceres 47.1 3 38.0 2 5.2 − 4.1 − 2.7 − Cádiz 29.4 2 30.1 3 10.6 1 3.3 − 1.1 − 19.7 2 Castellón 46.3 3 35.7 2 7.2 − 3.5 − 2.1 − Ceuta 51.9 1 35.3 − 7.9 − 3.5 − Ciudad Real 41.4 3 39.4 2 7.9 − 4.8 − 4.1 − Córdoba 29.9 3 30.1 3 19.1 1 5.7 − 2.0 − 10.0 − Cuenca 52.4 3 31.5 1 8.2 − 6.0 − Gerona 24.9 2 28.0 2 9.4 − 3.4 − 24.8 1 1.0 − 4.2 − Granada 36.6 3 35.7 3 12.7 1 4.7 − 1.2 − 6.2 − Guadalajara 46.9 2 23.4 1 8.6 − 10.9 − 6.6 − Guipúzcoa 15.4 1 18.2 2 3.1 − 1.0 − 0.7 − 26.5 2 17.6 1 12.9 1 Huelva 37.3 3 35.4 2 7.0 − 3.3 − 1.6 − 9.6 − Huesca 47.9 2 34.7 1 6.6 − 4.5 − 0.8 − Jaén 33.8 3 41.9 3 12.9 1 3.6 − 2.8 − 3.4 − La Coruña 46.6 6 17.9 2 4.7 − 11.8 1 1.0 − Las Palmas 59.7 4 14.5 1 2.9 − 3.0 − 0.8 − 13.3 1 León 50.1 4 27.8 2 5.9 − 11.4 − 1.2 − Lérida 31.7 2 24.9 1 10.7 − 3.2 − 15.9 1 1.1 − 7.7 − Logroño 48.0 3 29.1 1 3.6 − 13.9 − 1.2 − Lugo 50.1 3 17.5 1 1.5 − 19.3 1 0.5 − Madrid 33.1 12 33.3 12 13.5 4 8.6 3 4.8 1 0.1 − Málaga 29.1 3 35.9 3 12.8 1 3.9 − 1.8 − 12.0 1 Melilla 51.6 1 21.4 − 4.5 − 4.8 − 2.4 − Murcia 39.1 4 39.2 4 7.9 − 5.7 − 1.5 − Navarre 32.9 3 21.9 1 2.2 − 8.4 − 8.9 − 11.2 1 Orense 52.5 3 16.2 1 2.7 − 18.8 1 Oviedo 33.0 4 37.3 4 13.7 1 8.6 1 2.1 − Palencia 51.4 2 26.1 1 4.5 − 9.4 − 3.8 − Pontevedra 47.3 5 16.9 2 5.5 − 12.7 1 0.9 − Salamanca 53.5 3 26.6 1 4.0 − 7.7 − 1.0 − Santa Cruz de Tenerife 56.8 5 21.8 2 4.7 − 4.5 − 1.4 − 8.4 − Santander 41.9 3 30.3 2 6.6 − 10.3 − 3.9 − Segovia 59.3 2 23.1 1 4.1 − 6.6 − 1.1 − Seville 27.6 4 29.4 4 16.0 2 4.7 − 1.3 − 14.7 2 Soria 57.2 2 25.6 1 2.8 − 10.0 − 1.2 − Tarragona 28.2 2 28.8 2 14.2 1 4.0 − 14.0 − 0.9 − 4.6 − Teruel 55.5 2 27.1 1 3.2 − 8.3 − 2.4 − Toledo 41.7 3 32.1 2 10.9 − 5.6 − 7.3 − Valencia 33.8 6 36.6 7 13.5 2 4.4 − 2.5 − Valladolid 38.0 3 29.1 2 7.4 − 8.1 − 3.6 − Zamora 50.6 3 22.5 1 2.9 − 16.2 − 1.7 − Zaragoza 36.1 4 26.7 3 8.0 − 5.4 − 1.8 − 9.0 1 Total 34.8 168 30.4 121 10.8 23 6.1 9 2.7 8 2.1 1 1.8 5 1.6 7 1.0 3 0.7 1 0.5 1 0.3 1 0.2 1 0.2 1

Regions

+ Summary of regional results in the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election Region UCD PSOE PCE CD CiU UN PSA–PA PNV HB ERC–FN EE UPC PAR UPN % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Andalusia 31.8 24 33.5 23 13.3 7 4.3 − 1.6 − 11.1 5 Aragon 40.9 8 28.3 5 7.1 − 5.6 − 1.7 − 6.1 1 Asturias 33.0 4 37.3 4 13.7 1 8.6 1 2.1 − Balearics 48.9 4 29.4 2 4.9 − 9.2 − 1.1 − Basque Country 16.9 5 19.0 5 4.6 − 3.4 − 1.1 − 27.6 7 15.0 3 8.0 1 Canary Islands 58.4 9 17.8 3 3.7 − 3.7 − 1.1 − 11.0 1 Cantabria 41.9 3 30.3 2 6.6 − 10.3 − 3.9 − Castile and León 51.0 25 25.6 10 4.9 − 9.4 − 2.2 − Castilla–La Mancha 43.0 13 34.5 8 9.8 − 5.8 − 4.4 − Catalonia 19.3 12 29.7 17 17.4 8 3.6 1 16.4 8 0.9 − 4.2 1 Ceuta 51.9 1 35.3 − 7.9 − 3.5 − Extremadura 45.6 7 37.6 5 7.8 − 3.7 − 2.2 − Galicia 48.2 17 17.3 6 4.2 − 14.2 4 0.8 − La Rioja 48.0 3 29.1 1 3.6 − 13.9 − 1.2 − Madrid 33.1 12 33.3 12 13.5 4 8.6 3 4.8 1 0.1 − Melilla 51.6 1 21.4 − 4.5 − 4.8 − 2.4 − Murcia 39.1 4 39.2 4 7.9 − 5.7 − 1.5 − Navarre 32.9 3 21.9 1 2.2 − 8.4 − 8.9 − 11.2 1 Valencian Community 36.5 13 37.3 13 12.0 3 4.5 − 2.3 − Total 34.8 168 30.4 121 10.8 23 6.1 9 2.7 8 2.1 1 1.8 5 1.6 7 1.0 3 0.7 1 0.5 1 0.3 1 0.2 1 0.2 1

Autonomous communities Andalusia + ← Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Andalusia → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 986,842 33.53 −7.36 23 −5 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 935,760 31.79 −2.58 24 −2 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 392,442 13.33 +2.05 7 +2 Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) 325,842 11.07 New 5 +5 Democratic Coalition (CD)2 125,963 4.28 −2.79 0 ±0 Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)3 58,139 1.98 +0.40 0 ±0 National Union (UN)4 48,310 1.64 +1.37 0 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)5 18,454 0.63 +0.16 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)6 8,462 0.29 +0.13 0 ±0 Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)7 7,387 0.25 +0.24 0 ±0 Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (OCE–BR) 6,556 0.22 New 0 ±0 Workers' Communist Party (PCT) 5,518 0.19 New 0 ±0 Republican Left (IR) 4,229 0.14 New 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 3,046 0.10 New 0 ±0 Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)8 2,689 0.09 +0.03 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) 2,483 0.08 −0.05 0 ±0 Carlist Party (PC) 1,820 0.06 New 0 ±0 Liberal Party (PL) 1,484 0.05 New 0 ±0 Workers and Peasants Party (POC) 1,404 0.05 New 0 ±0 Spanish Democratic Republican Action (ARDE) 707 0.02 New 0 ±0 Union for the Freedom of Speech (ULE) 641 0.02 New 0 ±0 Proverist Party (PPr) 443 0.02 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 4,957 0.17 −0.05 Total 2,943,578 59 ±0 Valid votes 2,943,578 98.86 +0.07 Invalid votes 34,081 1.14 −0.07 Votes cast / turnout 2,977,659 68.65 −9.83 Abstentions 1,359,498 31.35 +9.83 Registered voters 4,337,157 Sources

Aragon + ← Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Aragon → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 256,681 40.95 +3.95 8 +1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 177,371 28.30 −6.24 5 −1 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 44,461 7.09 +2.14 0 ±0 Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)2 38,042 6.07 +0.37 1 ±0 Democratic Coalition (CD)3 35,220 5.62 −3.16 0 ±0 Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)4 21,023 3.35 +1.88 0 ±0 Coalition for Aragon (PSAr–PSDA) 19,220 3.07 New 0 ±0 National Union (UN)5 10,743 1.71 +1.30 0 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh) 5,039 0.80 −1.09 0 ±0 Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)6 3,656 0.58 −0.15 0 ±0 Republican Left (IR) 3,640 0.58 New 0 ±0 Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)7 2,846 0.45 +0.19 0 ±0 Workers' Communist Party (PCT) 1,738 0.28 New 0 ±0 Carlist Party (PC) 1,235 0.20 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) 1,155 0.18 −0.12 0 ±0 Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (OCE–BR) 1,155 0.18 New 0 ±0 Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 1,093 0.17 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 2,545 0.41 +0.03 Total 626,863 14 ±0 Valid votes 626,863 98.47 +0.13 Invalid votes 9,743 1.53 −0.13 Votes cast / turnout 636,606 70.75 −10.82 Abstentions 263,155 29.25 +10.82 Registered voters 899,761 Sources

Asturias