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1979 United Kingdom general election
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All 635 seats in the House of Commons 318 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 76.0%,  3.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Colours show the winning party—as shown in § Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Composition of the House of Commons after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election was held on 3 May 1979 to elect all 635 seats of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won the election and Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. She was the first female Prime Minister of the UK.
The election happened because of a vote of no confidence in the James Callaghan passing by one vote in the House of Commons on the 28 March. This vote happened because Thatcher had brought it forward. It forced the election to happen.
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যুক্তরাজ্যের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ১৯৭৯ Bengali/Bangla Eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1979 Catalan Etholiad cyffredinol y Deyrnas Unedig, 1979 CY Parlamentsvalget i Storbritannien 1979 Danish Britische Unterhauswahl 1979 German 1979 United Kingdom general election English Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 1979 Spanish Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan parlamenttivaalit 1979 Finnish Élections générales britanniques de 1979 French הבחירות הכלליות בבריטניה 1979 HE
