Battle of Backbone Mountain

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

Europe

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

See also