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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Predicate Object
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