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
 * 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

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