List of elections in 1979

The following elections occurred in the year 1979.

Africa

• Algeria: presidential election
• Benin: parliamentary election
• Botswana: general 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
• India: 1979 Indian vice presidential election 1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections 1979 Nagapattinam by-election
• Iran: March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum
• Japan: general election
• Mindanao: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections
• Philippines: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections

Australia

• 1979 Norwood state by-election
• 1979 South Australian state election
• 1979 Tasmanian 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 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

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 gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial

• 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election
• 1979 United States gubernatorial elections

Louisiana

• 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Oceania

• 1979 Christchurch Central by-election

Australia

• 1979 Norwood state by-election
• 1979 South Australian state election
• 1979 Tasmanian state election

See also