1979 Spanish general election

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The 1979 Spanish general election was a key post-Franco democratic vote in which centrist leader Adolfo Suárez secured re-election as prime minister, consolidating Spain’s transition to democracy.

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instanceOf general election
afterPartyOfPrimeMinister Union of the Democratic Centre
beforePartyOfPrimeMinister Union of the Democratic Centre
chamber bicameral
context post-Franco democratization
country Spain
date 1979-03-01
democraticPeriod early democratic era after Franco
electoralFormulaForCongress D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method
electoralSystemForCongress proportional representation
electoralType parliamentary
electorate Spanish citizens of voting age
era Cold War
governmentFormed UCD-led government headed by Adolfo Suárez
headOfStateAtTime King Juan Carlos I
leadingCandidate Adolfo Suárez
leadingParty Union of the Democratic Centre
legislatureElected Congress of Deputies
Senate of Spain
legislatureNumber 1st Legislature of Spain (Cortes Generales)
location Kingdom of Spain
mainIdeologicalWinner centrist forces
mainIssue consolidation of democratic institutions
economic stabilization
regional autonomy
mainOppositionIdeology social democracy
marked continuation of centrist rule
nextElection 1982 Spanish general election
partOf Spanish transition to democracy
previousElection 1977 Spanish general election
primeMinisterAfterElection Adolfo Suárez
primeMinisterBeforeElection Adolfo Suárez
resultSummary centrist government of Adolfo Suárez re-elected
secondParty Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
secondPartyLeader Felipe González
significance consolidation of Spain's transition to democracy
thirdParty Communist Party of Spain
thirdPartyLeader Santiago Carrillo
tookPlaceAfter approval of the 1978 Spanish Constitution
votingAge 18
votingSystemForSenate partial block voting
wasFreeAndFair yes
year 1979

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Adolfo Suárez electedIn 1979 Spanish general election
Unión de Centro Democrático participatedIn Spanish general election 1979
linked to: 1979 Spanish general election
Unión de Centro Democrático wonElection Spanish general election 1979
linked to: 1979 Spanish general election
1982 Spanish general election previousElection 1979 Spanish general election
People's Alliance (Spain) participatedIn Spanish general election, 1979
subject linked to: People's Alliance
linked to: 1979 Spanish general election