This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in La Rioja on 3 April 1979. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1] [2]
The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1]
Population: 103,097
Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 18,364 | 41.86 | n/a | 12 | n/a | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 14,881 | 33.92 | n/a | 10 | n/a | ||
Democratic Coalition (CD) | 4,856 | 11.07 | n/a | 3 | n/a | ||
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 2,603 | 5.93 | n/a | 1 | n/a | ||
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) | 2,304 | 5.25 | n/a | 1 | n/a | ||
Communist Movement of La Rioja (MCR) | 866 | 1.97 | n/a | 0 | n/a | ||
Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | n/a | ||||
Total | 43,874 | 27 | n/a | ||||
Valid votes | 43,874 | 98.77 | n/a | ||||
Invalid votes | 545 | 1.23 | n/a | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 44,419 | 59.12 | n/a | ||||
Abstentions | 30,710 | 40.88 | n/a | ||||
Registered voters | 75,129 | ||||||
Sources[3] |