1979 Barcelona City Council election

1979 Barcelona City Council election
← 1934 3 April 1979 1983 →
All 43 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
22 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,480,453
Turnout803,419 (54.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Narcís Serra Josep Miquel Abad Xavier Millet
Party PSC–PSOE PSUC CiU
Leader since 1979 1979 1979
Seats won 16 9 8
Popular vote 272,512 151,288 148,806
Percentage 34.0% 18.9% 18.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Carlos Güell de Sentmenat Joan Hortalà
Party UCD ERC
Leader since 1979 1979
Seats won 8 2
Popular vote 133,885 41,845
Percentage 16.7% 5.2%
Mayor before election

Manuel Font
Independent

Elected Mayor

Narcís Serra
PSC

The 1979 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1979 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect the 1st City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.