page_title: 1979 Portuguese local elections
section_title: Municipal Councils
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 Portuguese local elections / National summary of votes and seats / Municipal Councils
caption_attribution_description: Português: Mapa ilustrativo do partido mais votado
context_page_description: The Portuguese local elections of 1979 took place on 16 December. They were the second local elections in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.
  The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president, this last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.
  The Socialist Party finished on the top of the results table, however that was because the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic and Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participated in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities
  The left-wing United People Alliance dominated the election in the municipalities of the South of the country, gathering more than 60% of the voting.
caption: Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality.
   Municipalities won by:
  ■ - PS: 60 
  ■ - AD: 73 
   ■ - APU: 50
  ■ - PSD: 101 
  ■ - CDS: 20 
  ■ - PPM: 1
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