1979 General election results summary
- Electorate –41,093,264
- Turnout – 76%
Chart: Seats won at the 1979 general election
Con — 339 |
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Lab — 268 |
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Liberal — 11 |
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Others — 16 |
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Table: 1979 general election results summary
Party |
Seats |
Gain |
Loss |
Net |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Conservative |
339 |
63 |
1 |
+62 |
13,697,923 |
43.9 |
+8.1 |
Labour |
269 |
4 |
54 |
–50 |
11,532,218 |
36.9 |
–2.3 |
Liberal |
11 |
1 |
3 |
–2 |
4,313,804 |
13.8 |
–4.5 |
Ulster Unionist |
5 |
1 |
2 |
–1 |
254,578 |
0.8 |
–0.1 |
Democratic Unionist |
3 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
70,795 |
0.2 |
–0.1 |
Scottish National |
2 |
0 |
9 |
–9 |
504,259 |
1.6 |
–1.3 |
Plaid Cymru |
2 |
0 |
1 |
–1 |
132,544 |
0.6 |
–0.2 |
SDLP |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
126,325 |
0.4 |
–0.2 |
United Ulster Unionist |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
39,856 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Ulster Popular Unionists |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
36,989 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
Independent Republican |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22,398 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
BBC coverage of the 1979 general election results
Election 1979 manifestos
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