1979 West Berlin state election

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Parties !Votes !% !+/- !Seats !+/- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Total ! style="text-align:center;" | 1,310,553 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 100% ! style="text-align:center;" | 135 ! style="text-align:center;" | -12
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 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union
 * 570,174
 * 44.4%
 * +0.5%
 * 63
 * -6
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party of Germany
 * 548,060
 * 42.7%
 * +0.1%
 * 61
 * -6
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party
 * 103,609
 * 8.1%
 * +1.0%
 * 11
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Alternative List
 * 47,642
 * 3.7%
 * +3.7%
 * 0
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin
 * 13,744
 * 1.1%
 * -0.7%
 * 0
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Communist League of West Germany
 * 1,367
 * 0.1%
 * ±0.0%
 * 0
 * - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Communist League of West Germany
 * 1,367
 * 0.1%
 * ±0.0%
 * 0
 * - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * 0
 * - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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 * colspan=7|Source
 * }
 * }