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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – East Fife

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Liberal Labour SNP
Votes 20,117 10,762 9,339 6,612
Votes gained +4,001 +5,515 +2,299 -6,590
Share of votes 43.0% 23.0% 19.9% 14.1%
Share of eligible voters 33.9% 18.1% 15.7% 11.2%
Gain in share of votes +4.2% +10.4% +3.0% -17.6%
Gain in share of eligible voters +5.4% +8.9% +3.3% -12.2%
Total votes: 46,830
Electorate: 59,297
Turnout: 79.0%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 14.0% Liberal from SNP

Polling history

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List of contests

Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour National
Liberal		 Liberal SNP Unionist Other
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour National
Liberal		 Liberal SNP Unionist Other
3 May 1979 General Election 20,117 9,339 10,762 6,612
10 October 1974 General Election 16,116 7,040 5,247 13,202
28 February 1974 General Election 21,172 6,634 7,766 8,593
18 June 1970 General Election 21,619 9,756 3,577 4,666
31 March 1966 General Election 19,323 9,229 3,574 5,394
15 October 1964 General Election 21,001 9,765 5,075 2,635 257
9 November 1961 By Election 8,882 8,786 15,948
8 October 1959 General Election 26,585 11,421
26 May 1955 General Election 26,104 10,872
25 October 1951 General Election 11,844 28,446
23 February 1950 General Election 10,694 25,749 3,975
5 July 1945 General Election 10,920 24,765
14 November 1935 General Election 6,016 27,915
27 October 1931 General Election
30 May 1929 General Election 13,748 5,350 14,329
29 October 1924 General Election 12,664 11,242
6 December 1923 General Election 10,275 12,825
15 November 1922 General Election 9,987 12,697
14 December 1918 General Election 8,996 6,994 591

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