Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (La Rioja)

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]}

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). ^[1]

Municipality	Population	New control
Logroño	103,097		Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)

Municipalities

Logroño

Population: 103,097

Summary of the 3 April 1979 City Council of Logroño election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		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 [1] [3]

References

1. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Aragón y La Rioja (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. La Rioja". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
3. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 23 December 2025.