Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 7 July 1979 for the first time since 1964 to elect a Senate and House of Representatives on 14 July.
[1] It formed a coalition with the Nigerian People's Party in order to gain a majority.
[3] Members of both houses were elected using the single-member plurality electoral system.
Each State was divided into five districts, each of which elected a Senator.
Each State was also allocated a number of seats in the House of Representatives based on its proportion of the population.