Åland legislative election, 1979

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Åland held legislative elections on 20 October 1979. It elected the diet (Lagtinget, then called Landstinget), which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.

The 1979 election marked the first participation of the Åland Centre, who had formed from a loose electoral organisation known as Landsbygdens och skärgårdens valförbund (LOS); the Liberals for Åland, who had formed from a merger of LOS-Liberalerna (itself a break-away organisation from LOS) and Mittenliberalerna; and the Ålandic Left.

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Summary of the 20 October 1979 Parliament of Åland **election results**
Parties	1979	+/-	1979	+/-	1979	+/-
Parties	Votes		%		Seats
Åland Centre (Ålands Center)	3,954	-	42.3	-	14	-
Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland)	2,764	-	29.6	-	9	-
Freeminded Co-operation (Frisinnad Samverkan)	1,295	N/A	13.9	N/A	4	N/A
Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater)	1,125	N/A	12.0	N/A	3	N/A
Ålandic Left (Åländsk Vänster)	195	-	2.1	-	0	0
Total	9,339				30
Source: Åsub