Elections 1979

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The 1979 list of elections includes parliamentary elections, presidential elections, referendums and other national and sub-national votes that were held worldwide in 1979 .

Events

country	date	Link to the 1979 election	Link to the previous choice	Remarks
Rhodesia	January 30th	Constitutional referendum in Rhodesia		( en )
Haiti	February 11th	Parliamentary election in Haiti
Bangladesh	February 18	General election in Bangladesh
Western Samoa	February 24th	Parliamentary election in Western Samoa
Spain	1st March	General election in Spain
United Kingdom	1st March	Referendum in Scotland		It was decided to introduce a Scottish regional parliament
Soviet Union	4th of March	Parliamentary election in the Soviet Union
BR Germany	March 18th	Election to the Berlin House of Representatives	1975
BR Germany	March 18th	State election in Rhineland-Palatinate	1975
Finland	18. – 19. March	Parliamentary election in Finland	1975
Austria	25th March	State election in Lower Austria	1974
Austria	25th March	State election in Salzburg	1974
Iran	30.-31. March	Referendum on the form of government in Iran
Greenland	4. April	Parliamentary election in Greenland	1975	first choice after autonomy
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	April	General election in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia		( en )
Thailand	April 22	General election in Thailand
BR Germany	April 29	State election in Schleswig-Holstein	1975
Ecuador	April 29	General election in Ecuador
United Kingdom	May 3rd	British general election	October 1974
Austria	May 6th	National Council election in Austria	1975
German Democratic Republic	May 20th	Local elections in the GDR	1974
Canada	May 22	Canadian General Election	1974
BR Germany	23. May	Election of the German Federal President	1974
Italy	June 4th	Parliamentary elections in Italy	1976
Egypt	7-14 June	Parliamentary elections in Egypt	1976
European Communities	June 7th and 10th	European elections		first direct election of members of the European Parliament
Denmark	June 7th and 10th	European elections in Denmark		The election in Greenland took place on June 10th (Sunday), in the rest of Denmark the traditional election was on Thursday
Netherlands	June 7th	European elections in the Netherlands
United Kingdom	June 7th	European elections in the United Kingdom
Belgium	June 10th	European elections in Belgium
BR Germany	June 10th	European elections in Germany
France	June 10th	European elections in France
Ireland	June 10th	European elections in Ireland
Italy	June 10th	European elections in Italy
Luxembourg	June 10th	European elections in Luxembourg
Luxembourg	June 10th	Chamber election
BR Germany	June 10th	Local elections in Saarland	1974
Ghana	18th of June	General election in Ghana	1969
Ghana	18th of June	Presidential elections in Ghana	1965
Mali	June 19th	General election in Mali
Seychelles	23-26 June	General election in the Seychelles
Bolivia	July 1	Parliamentary election in Bolivia
Mexico	July 1	General election in Mexico
St. Lucia	2nd July	General election in St. Lucia		first election after independence in February 1979
Nigeria	July 7th and 14th	Parliamentary election in Nigeria
People's Republic of the Congo	8th of July	Parliamentary elections in the People's Republic of the Congo
Iran	3rd August	Election to the constitutional assembly in Iran
Somalia	August 25	Constitutional referendum in Somalia
Sweden	16th September	Election to the Swedish parliament	1976
Austria	30. September	State election in Tyrol	1975
BR Germany	October 7th	Citizenship election in Bremen	1975
Japan	October 7th	Shūgiin choice	1976
Austria	October 7th	State election in Carinthia	1975
Austria	October 7th	State election in Upper Austria	1973
Turkey	October 14th	Election to the Senate of Turkey	1977
Botswana	the 20th of October	General election in Botswana
Finland	the 20th of October	Parliamentary election in Åland	1975
Austria	October 21	State election in Vorarlberg	1974
Switzerland	October 21	Swiss parliamentary elections	1975
Tunisia	November 4th	Parliamentary election in Tunisia
Kenya	November 8th	General election in Kenya
Benin	30th of November	General election in Benin
Iran	2-3 Dec	Constitutional referendum in Iran
Portugal	2. December	General election in Portugal	1976
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	December 5th	General election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines		first election after independence on October 27, 1979
Somalia	30th of December	Parliamentary elections in Somalia	1969
Togo	30th of December	Parliamentary election in Togo

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Haiti. (PDF) Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
2. ^ Results of the 1979 election in Bangladesh. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
3. ^ Results of the 1979 election in Western Samoa (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Spain (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Results of the election in the Soviet Union in 1979 (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Results of the election in Thailand 1979. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 31, 2018 . 
7. ^ Results of the 1979 election in Ecuador. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Mali. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Seychelles. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Results of the election in Bolivia 1979. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Mexico. (PDF) Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Results of the election in St. Lucia 1979. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Nigeria. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in the Congo (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Botswana. (PDF) Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Results of the election in Tunisia in 1979 (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 31, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Kenya. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Results of the 1979 election in Benin. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 13, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Results of the election in St. Voncent 1979. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 . 
20. ^ Results of the 1979 election in Togo. (PDF) Interparliamentary Union, accessed on October 27, 2018 .