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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Elections in India <br />
| country = India <br />
| previous_election = 1978 elections in India <br />
| previous_year = 1978<br />
| election_date = 1979<br />
| next_election = 1980 elections in India <br />
| next_year = 1980<br />
}}<br />
{{Politics of India}}<br />
'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1979'' included elections to two state legislative assemblies, elections to the Indian [[Rajya Sabha]] and for the post of the vice-president.<br />
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==Overall result==<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
!Date(s)<br />
!State<br />
!colspan="2"|Government before<br />
!Chief Minister before<br />
! colspan="2" |Government after<br />
!Elected Chief Minister<br />
!Maps<br />
|- <br />
|24 and 27 April 1979<br />
|[[1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Mizoram People's Conference}}<br />
|[[T. Sailo]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Mizoram People's Conference}}<br />
|[[T. Sailo]]<br />
|[[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]<br />
|- <br />
|12 October 1979<br />
|[[1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|[[Kazi Lhendup Dorjee]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Janata Parishad}}<br />
|[[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]<br />
|[[File:IN-SK.svg|50px]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Legislative Assembly elections==<br />
===Mizoram===<br />
{{Main|1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{{Election results<br />
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1979.svg]]<br />
|party1=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes1=53515|seats1=18|sc1={{decrease}}4<br />
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (I)]]|votes2=39115|seats2=5|sc2=New<br />
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=21435|seats3=2|sc3=New<br />
|party4=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes4=49733|seats4=5|sc4={{decrease}}3<br />
|total_sc=0<br />
|valid=163798<br />
|invalid=1546<br />
|electorate=241944<br />
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3657-mizoram-1979/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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===Sikkim===<br />
{{Main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{{Election results<br />
|image=[[File:India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1979.svg]]<br />
|party1=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes1=22776|seats1=16<br />
|party2=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes2=14889|seats2=11<br />
|party3=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes3=11400|seats3=4<br />
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=9534|seats4=0<br />
|party5=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes5=1476|seats5=0<br />
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=241|seats6=0<br />
|party7=[[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]|votes7=85|seats7=0<br />
|party8=Independents|votes8=11938|seats8=1<br />
|invalid=3960<br />
|electorate=117157<br />
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==Rajya Sabha elections==<br />
{{Main|1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}<br />
Source:<ref name="alist">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Vice-presidential election==<br />
{{Main|1979 Indian vice presidential election}}<br />
The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was not needed as former [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]] [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] was elected unopposed for the post.<ref name=eci>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |title=BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}<br />
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{{Indian elections}}<br />
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