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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.

Legislative Assembly elections

Mizoram

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizoram People's Conference	53,515	32.67	18	4
	Indian National Congress (I)	39,115	23.88	5	New
	Janata Party	21,435	13.09	2	New
	Independents	49,733	30.36	5	3
Total		163,798	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		163,798	99.06
Invalid/blank votes		1,546	0.94
Total votes		165,344	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		241,944	68.34
Source: ECI[1]

Sikkim

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	22,776	31.49	16
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	14,889	20.58	11
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	11,400	15.76	4
	Janata Party	9,534	13.18	0
	Indian National Congress	1,476	2.04	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	241	0.33	0
	Sikkim Scheduled Caste League	85	0.12	0
	Independents	11,938	16.50	1
Total		72,339	100.00	32
Valid votes		72,339	94.81
Invalid/blank votes		3,960	5.19
Total votes		76,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		117,157	65.13
Source: ECI[2]

Rajya Sabha elections

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Vice-presidential election

The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was not needed as former Chief Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed for the post.^[4]