List of elections in 1979
The following elections occurred in the year 1979.
Africa[edit]
- Algeria: presidential election
- Benin: parliamentary election
- Botswana: general election
- Gabon: presidential election
- Ghana: presidential election
- Kenya: general election
- Mali: general election
- Nigeria:
- Ghana: general election
- Rhodesia: constitutional referendum
- Seychelles: general election
- Somali: parliamentary election
- Togo: general election
- Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election
Asia[edit]
- 1979 Bangladeshi general election
- India:
- Iran:
- Japan: general election
- Mindanao: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections
- Philippines: 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections
Australia[edit]
Europe[edit]
Austria[edit]
Denmark[edit]
European Parliament[edit]
Finland[edit]
France[edit]
Germany[edit]
- 1979 West German presidential election
- 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany
- 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
- 1979 West Berlin state election
Iceland[edit]
Ireland[edit]
Italy[edit]
Luxembourg[edit]
Norway[edit]
Portugal[edit]
Spain[edit]
Sweden[edit]
Switzerland[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- 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[edit]
English local[edit]
North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
- 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