Africa
- Beninese parliamentary election, 1979
- Botswana general election, 1979
- Gabonese presidential election, 1979
- Ghanaian presidential election, 1979
- Kenyan general election, 1979
- Malian general election, 1979
- Nigerian parliamentary election, 1979
- Nigerian presidential election, 1979
- Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1979
- Rhodesian constitutional referendum, 1979
- Seychellois general election, 1979
- Somali parliamentary election, 1979
- Togolese general election, 1979
- Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election, 1979
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