The 1979 Basque foral elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st General Assemblies of Álava , Biscay and Gipuzkoa . All 228 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain .
Overall [ edit ] Summary of the 3 April 1979 Basque General Assemblies election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 351,349 37.18 n/a 99 n/a Popular Unity (HB) 169,653 17.96 n/a 38 n/a Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 144,880 15.33 n/a 32 n/a Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 112,449 11.90 n/a 32 n/a Basque Country Left (EE) 67,633 7.16 n/a 14 n/a Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 42,192 4.47 n/a 3 n/a Communist Movement –Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 15,223 1.61 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 7,936 0.84 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 6,325 0.67 n/a 0 n/a Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 2,413 0.26 n/a 0 n/a Llodian Independent Group (AILL) 628 0.07 n/a 0 n/a Party of Labour of the Basque Country (PTE) 566 0.06 n/a 0 n/a Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 505 0.05 n/a 0 n/a Independents (INDEP) 18,749 1.98 n/a 10 n/a Blank ballots 4,374 0.46 n/a Total 944,875 228 n/a Valid votes 944,875 98.69 n/a Invalid votes 12,579 1.31 n/a Votes cast / turnout 957,454 61.87 n/a Abstentions 590,018 38.13 n/a Registered voters 1,547,472 Sources[1] [2]
Foral deputation control [ edit ] The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[2]
Historical territories [ edit ] Summary of the 3 April 1979 Álava General Assembly election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 36,866 32.70 n/a 26 n/a Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 28,215 25.03 n/a 14 n/a Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 17,860 15.84 n/a 7 n/a Basque Country Left (EE) 3,754 3.33 n/a 0 n/a Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 3,512 3.12 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 1,167 1.04 n/a 0 n/a Communist Movement –Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 698 0.62 n/a 0 n/a Llodian Independent Group (AILL) 628 0.56 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 429 0.38 n/a 0 n/a Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 365 0.32 n/a 0 n/a Independents (INDEP) 18,749 16.63 n/a 10 n/a Blank ballots 491 0.44 n/a Total 112,734 57 n/a Valid votes 112,734 99.06 n/a Invalid votes 1,069 0.94 n/a Votes cast / turnout 113,803 65.35 n/a Abstentions 60,342 34.65 n/a Registered voters 174,145 Sources[1] [2]
Summary of the 3 April 1979 Biscay General Assembly election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 206,212 39.42 n/a 40 n/a Popular Unity (HB) 103,507 19.79 n/a 19 n/a Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 80,200 15.33 n/a 13 n/a Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 58,217 11.13 n/a 11 n/a Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 28,812 5.51 n/a 3 n/a Basque Country Left (EE) 28,665 5.48 n/a 4 n/a Communist Movement –Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 8,006 1.53 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 3,373 0.64 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 2,948 0.56 n/a 0 n/a Party of Labour of the Basque Country (PTE) 566 0.11 n/a 0 n/a Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 2 0.00 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 2,543 0.49 n/a Total 523,051 90 n/a Valid votes 523,051 98.51 n/a Invalid votes 7,908 1.49 n/a Votes cast / turnout 530,959 61.30 n/a Abstentions 335,226 38.70 n/a Registered voters 866,185 Sources[1] [2]
Gipuzkoa [ edit ] Summary of the 3 April 1979 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 108,271 35.03 n/a 33 n/a Popular Unity (HB) 66,146 21.40 n/a 19 n/a Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 46,820 15.15 n/a 12 n/a Basque Country Left (EE) 35,214 11.39 n/a 10 n/a Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 26,017 8.42 n/a 7 n/a Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 9,868 3.19 n/a 0 n/a Communist Movement –Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 6,519 2.11 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 3,821 1.24 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 2,523 0.82 n/a 0 n/a Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 2,413 0.78 n/a 0 n/a Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 138 0.04 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 1,340 0.43 n/a Total 309,090 81 n/a Valid votes 309,090 98.85 n/a Invalid votes 3,602 1.15 n/a Votes cast / turnout 312,692 61.66 n/a Abstentions 194,450 38.34 n/a Registered voters 507,142 Sources[1] [2]
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