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	‹ 1977 1982 ›
Spanish general election, 1979
All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
March 1, 1979
	Province-level units won by PSOE (red) and UCD (blue)
	Incumbent PM; Adolfo Suárez; UCD PM-elect; Adolfo Suárez; UCD

General elections were held in Spain on 1 March 1979.

Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.

Party	% of vote	Seats
Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD)	35.08	168
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)	30.54	121
Partido Comunista de España (PCE)	10.82	23
Coalición Democrática (CD)	5.97	9
Convergencia i Unio (CiU)	2.70	8
Unión nacional (UN)	2.12	1
Partido Socialista Andalucista (PSA)	1.82	5
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)	1.54	7
Herri Batasuna (HB)	0.96	3
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)	0.69	1
Euskadiko Ezkerra (EE)	0.48	1
Unión del Pueblo Canario (UPC)	0.33	1
Partido Aragonés Regionalista (PAR)	0.21	1
Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN)	0.16	1
Total	100%	350

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