1931 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1931 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 28 seats in the Lower House
and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout78.25%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Upper House [a]
Independence Jón Þorláksson 43.826New
Progressive Tryggvi Þórhallsson 35.927+1
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 16.081−2
Lower House
Independence Jón Þorláksson 43.829New
Progressive Tryggvi Þórhallsson 35.9216+3
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 16.0830
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Tryggvi Thorhallson.jpg Tryggvi Þórhallsson
Progressive 		Tryggvi Þórhallsson
Progressive 		Tryggvi Thorhallson.jpg

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 June 1931. [1] Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House. [2] The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House [a] 		+/–
Independence Party 16,89143.829–260
Progressive Party 13,844.535.9216+37+1
Social Democratic Party 6,197.516.08301–2
Communist Party 1,1653.020New0New
Independents4461.160–100
Total38,544100.00280140
Valid votes38,54497.31
Invalid/blank votes1,0642.69
Total votes39,608100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,61778.25
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. 1 2 Includes the three seats elected in 1930

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References

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