List of elections in 1979
The following elections occurred in the year 1979.
Africa
- 1979 Beninese parliamentary election
- 1979 Botswana general election
- 1979 Gabonese presidential election
- 1979 Ghanaian presidential election
- 1979 Kenyan general election
- 1979 Malian general election
- 1979 Nigerian parliamentary election
- 1979 Nigerian presidential election
- 1979 Ghanaian general election
- 1979 Rhodesian constitutional referendum
- 1979 Seychellois general election
- 1979 Somali parliamentary election
- 1979 Togolese general election
- 1979 Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election
Asia
- 1979 Bangladeshi general election
- March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum
- 1979 Japanese general election
- 1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections
Australia
- 1979 Norwood state by-election
- 1979 South Australian state election
- 1979 Tasmanian state election
Europe
- 1979 Ålandic legislative election
- 1979 Danish parliamentary election
- 1979 European Parliament election
- 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1979 Finnish parliamentary election
- 1979 Icelandic parliamentary election
- 1979 Irish local elections
- 1979 Italian general election
- 1979 Luxembourg general election
- 1979 Norwegian local elections
- 1979 Portuguese legislative election
- 1979 Portuguese local elections
- 1979 Stockholm municipal election
- 1979 Swedish general election
- 1979 United Kingdom general election
Austria
- 1979 Austrian legislative election
European Parliament
- 1979 European Parliament election
- 1979 European Parliament election in Belgium
- 1979 European Parliament election in Denmark
- 1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
- 1979 European Parliament election in France
- 1979 European Parliament election in Ireland
- 1979 European Parliament election in Italy
- 1979 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
- 1979 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
- 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany
France
- 1979 European Parliament election in France
- 1979 French cantonal elections
Germany
- 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany
- 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
Italy
- 1979 European Parliament election in Italy
- 1979 Italian general election
Spain
- 1979 Spanish general election
United Kingdom
- 1979 Clitheroe by-election
- 1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
- 1979 South West Hertfordshire by-election
- 1979 Knutsford by-election
- List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election
- 1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election
- 1979 Manchester Central by-election
- 1979 Scottish devolution referendum
- 1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
- 1979 United Kingdom general 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