1919 Icelandic parliamentary election

1919 Icelandic parliamentary election

←  August/October 1916 15 November 1919 1922  →
All 26 seats in the Lower House and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing 14 and 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.38%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Upper House Home Rule Jón Magnússon 45.76 6 −1 Independence Einar Arnórsson 25.28 4 −1 Progressive Ólafur Briem 22.19 4 +2 Lower House Home Rule Jón Magnússon 45.76 10 +2 Independence Einar Arnórsson 25.28 9 −1 Progressive Ólafur Briem 22.19 7 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Jón Magnússon Home Rule Jón Magnússon Home Rule

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 15 November 1919. ^[1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House. ^[2] The Home Rule Party remained the largest party in the Lower House, winning 10 of the 26 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House [a]	+/–
	Home Rule Party	6,423	45.76	10	+2	6	–1
	Independence Party	3,548	25.28	9	+8	4	+2
	Progressive Party	3,115	22.19	7	+2	4	+2
	Social Democratic Party	949	6.76	0	–1	0	0
Total		14,035	100.00	26	0	14	0
Valid votes		14,035	97.04
Invalid/blank votes		428	2.96
Total votes		14,463	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,870	45.38
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

1. Includes the six seats elected in 1916

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p954