1979 Basque foral elections

The 1979 Basque foral elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st Juntas Generales of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 228 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

Overall
Summary of the 3 April 1979 Basque Juntas Generales election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 351,34937.18n/a 99n/a
Popular Unity (HB) 169,65317.96n/a 38n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 144,88015.33n/a 32n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 112,44911.90n/a 32n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 67,6337.16n/a 14n/a
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 42,1924.47n/a 3n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 15,2231.61n/a 0n/a
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 7,9360.84n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 6,3250.67n/a 0n/a
Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 2,4130.26n/a 0n/a
Llodian Independent Group (AILL) 6280.07n/a 0n/a
Party of Labour of the Basque Country (PTE) 5660.06n/a 0n/a
Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 5050.05n/a 0n/a
Independents (INDEP) 18,7491.98n/a 10n/a
Blank ballots 4,3740.46n/a
Total 944,875 228n/a
Valid votes 944,87598.69n/a
Invalid votes 12,5791.31n/a
Votes cast / turnout 957,45461.87n/a
Abstentions 590,01838.13n/a
Registered voters 1,547,472
Sources[1][2]
Popular vote
EAJ/PNV
 
 37.18%
HB
 
 17.96%
PSE–PSOE
 
 15.33%
UCD
 
 11.90%
EE
 
 7.16%
PCE/EPK
 
 4.47%
EMK–OIC
 
 1.61%
Others
 
 3.93%
Blank ballots
 
 0.46%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[2]

Deputation New control
Álava Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava
Summary of the 3 April 1979 Álava Juntas Generales election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 36,86632.70n/a 26n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 28,21525.03n/a 14n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 17,86015.84n/a 7n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 3,7543.33n/a 0n/a
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 3,5123.12n/a 0n/a
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 1,1671.04n/a 0n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 6980.62n/a 0n/a
Llodian Independent Group (AILL) 6280.56n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 4290.38n/a 0n/a
Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 3650.32n/a 0n/a
Independents (INDEP) 18,74916.63n/a 10n/a
Blank ballots 4910.44n/a
Total 112,734 57n/a
Valid votes 112,73499.06n/a
Invalid votes 1,0690.94n/a
Votes cast / turnout 113,80365.35n/a
Abstentions 60,34234.65n/a
Registered voters 174,145
Sources[1][2]

Biscay
Summary of the 3 April 1979 Biscay Juntas Generales election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 206,21239.42n/a 40n/a
Popular Unity (HB) 103,50719.79n/a 19n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 80,20015.33n/a 14n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 58,21711.13n/a 10n/a
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 28,8125.51n/a 3n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 28,6655.48n/a 4n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 8,0061.53n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 3,3730.64n/a 0n/a
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 2,9480.56n/a 0n/a
Party of Labour of the Basque Country (PTE) 5660.11n/a 0n/a
Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 20.00n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 2,5430.49n/a
Total 523,051 90n/a
Valid votes 523,05198.51n/a
Invalid votes 7,9081.49n/a
Votes cast / turnout 530,95961.30n/a
Abstentions 335,22638.70n/a
Registered voters 866,185
Sources[1][2]

Gipuzkoa
Summary of the 3 April 1979 Gipuzkoa Juntas Generales election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 108,27135.03n/a 33n/a
Popular Unity (HB) 66,14621.40n/a 19n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 46,82015.15n/a 12n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 35,21411.39n/a 10n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 26,0178.42n/a 7n/a
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 9,8683.19n/a 0n/a
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (EMK–OIC) 6,5192.11n/a 0n/a
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 3,8211.24n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 2,5230.82n/a 0n/a
Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 2,4130.78n/a 0n/a
Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV) 1380.04n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 1,3400.43n/a
Total 309,090 81n/a
Valid votes 309,09098.85n/a
Invalid votes 3,6021.15n/a
Votes cast / turnout 312,69261.66n/a
Abstentions 194,45038.34n/a
Registered voters 507,142
Sources[1][2]

References
  1. "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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