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. "Elecciones Municipales en Aragón y La Rioja (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
2. "Elecciones Municipales. 3 de abril de 1979. La Rioja". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
3. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. April 1979. Logroño Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2021.