General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 December 1979.

[1] The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party (SVLP), which won eleven of the thirteen seats.

The SVLP led by Milton Cato, Prime Minister since 1974; the People's Political Party (PPP), the SVLP's traditional rival, headed by Ebenezer Joshua; the New Democratic Party, led by James Fitz-Allen Mitchell; and the United People's Movement of Ralph Gonsalves, which contested elections for the first time.

[3] On polling day, the SVLP obtained a clear victory as it captured 11 of the 13 seats.

The other two seats went to New Democratic Party candidates although the NDP leader, James Mitchell, was himself defeated.