NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 2, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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National Intelligence Daily
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2 March 1979
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(The items in the Overnight Reports section have not
been coordinated within the intelligence community.
They are prepared overnight by the Office of Current
Operations with analyst comment where possible from the
production offices of NFAC.)
Spain
According to official projections of results of yes-
terday's legislative election announced late last night,
Prime Minister Suarez' Union of the Democratic Center
will win about 170 of the 350 seats in the lower house
of the legislature--five seats more than it won in 1977
but short of a majority. The Socialists of Felipe
Gonzalez have about 116 seats. As anticipated, ab-
stentions rose to over 30 percent, giving a boost to
the Communist Party, which will probably increase its
20 seats in the current legislature to about 25. The
rightist Democratic Coalition may slip from 16 to eight
seats.
COMMENT: Suarez' party appears to have won a sur-
prisingly clear victory. King Juan Carlos is virtually
certain to nominate Suarez to form another government.
Parliament must approve Suarez' appointment; because he
lacks a majority there, Suarez may delay government
formation, perhaps until after the municipal elections
on 3 April.
The opposition Conservative Party yesterday won two
byelections held in districts traditionally "safe" for
the Tories. The Conservatives promptly called for a
general election. According to Western news services,
official results of the referendum on devolution in
Scotland and Wales will not be known until tonight. A
poll conducted after the referendum by Britain's com-
mercial television network indicated that voters in Wales
overwhelmingly rejected devolution. Those voting in
Scotland approved devolution, but voter turnout
was low. The network projected that the measure would
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