1979 Spanish general election
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The 1979 Spanish general election was a key post-Franco democratic vote in which centrist leader Adolfo Suárez secured re-election as prime minister, consolidating Spain’s transition to democracy.
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| 1979 Spanish general election canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6281181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1979 Spanish general election Context triple: [Adolfo Suárez, electedIn, 1979 Spanish general election]
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2023 Spanish general election
The 2023 Spanish general election was a snap national parliamentary vote that produced a fragmented result, leaving no party with an outright majority and triggering complex coalition negotiations led by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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Spanish general election, April 2019
The Spanish general election of April 2019 was a snap national vote that fragmented Spain’s parliament, brought the Socialist Party (PSOE) to power under Pedro Sánchez, and marked the breakthrough of the far-right Vox party into the national legislature.
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November 2019 Spanish general election
The November 2019 Spanish general election was a snap parliamentary vote that followed a political deadlock earlier that year and ultimately allowed acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) to remain the largest force in Spain’s Congress of Deputies.
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Gibraltar general elections
Gibraltar general elections are periodic democratic polls in which Gibraltarians elect members to their unicameral Parliament and determine the territory’s governing administration.
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United Kingdom general election, 1979
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was a pivotal national vote that brought Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party to power, ending years of Labour government and marking the start of a major shift in British economic and political policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1979 Spanish general election Target entity description: The 1979 Spanish general election was a key post-Franco democratic vote in which centrist leader Adolfo Suárez secured re-election as prime minister, consolidating Spain’s transition to democracy.
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A.
2023 Spanish general election
The 2023 Spanish general election was a snap national parliamentary vote that produced a fragmented result, leaving no party with an outright majority and triggering complex coalition negotiations led by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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B.
Spanish general election, April 2019
The Spanish general election of April 2019 was a snap national vote that fragmented Spain’s parliament, brought the Socialist Party (PSOE) to power under Pedro Sánchez, and marked the breakthrough of the far-right Vox party into the national legislature.
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C.
November 2019 Spanish general election
The November 2019 Spanish general election was a snap parliamentary vote that followed a political deadlock earlier that year and ultimately allowed acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) to remain the largest force in Spain’s Congress of Deputies.
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D.
Gibraltar general elections
Gibraltar general elections are periodic democratic polls in which Gibraltarians elect members to their unicameral Parliament and determine the territory’s governing administration.
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E.
United Kingdom general election, 1979
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was a pivotal national vote that brought Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party to power, ending years of Labour government and marking the start of a major shift in British economic and political policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | general election ⓘ |
| afterPartyOfPrimeMinister | Union of the Democratic Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beforePartyOfPrimeMinister | Union of the Democratic Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chamber | bicameral ⓘ |
| context | post-Franco democratization ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| date | 1979-03-01 ⓘ |
| democraticPeriod | early democratic era after Franco ⓘ |
| electoralFormulaForCongress | D'Hondt method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystemForCongress | proportional representation ⓘ |
| electoralType | parliamentary ⓘ |
| electorate | Spanish citizens of voting age ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | UCD-led government headed by Adolfo Suárez ⓘ |
| headOfStateAtTime | King Juan Carlos I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadingCandidate | Adolfo Suárez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadingParty | Union of the Democratic Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureElected |
Congress of Deputies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senate of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureNumber | 1st Legislature of Spain (Cortes Generales) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIdeologicalWinner | centrist forces ⓘ |
| mainIssue |
consolidation of democratic institutions
ⓘ
economic stabilization ⓘ regional autonomy ⓘ |
| mainOppositionIdeology | social democracy ⓘ |
| marked | continuation of centrist rule ⓘ |
| nextElection | 1982 Spanish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish transition to democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1977 Spanish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Adolfo Suárez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Adolfo Suárez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultSummary | centrist government of Adolfo Suárez re-elected ⓘ |
| secondParty | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPartyLeader | Felipe González NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | consolidation of Spain's transition to democracy ⓘ |
| thirdParty | Communist Party of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdPartyLeader | Santiago Carrillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAfter | approval of the 1978 Spanish Constitution ⓘ |
| votingAge | 18 ⓘ |
| votingSystemForSenate | partial block voting ⓘ |
| wasFreeAndFair | yes ⓘ |
| year | 1979 ⓘ |
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