1963 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1963 Icelandic parliamentary election
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  October 1959 9 June 1963 1967  

All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout91.14%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Upper House
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 41.4380
Progressive Eysteinn Jónsson 28.2260
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.9830
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 14.2130
Lower House
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 41.43160
Progressive Eysteinn Jónsson 28.2213+2
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.986−1
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 14.215−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Olafur Thors.jpg Ólafur Thors
Independence
Bjarni Benediktsson
Independence
Bjarni Benediktsson 1908.jpg

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 June 1963. [1] The Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing. [2] Bjarni Benediktsson became Prime Minister after the elections.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House
+/–
Independence Party 37,02141.4316080
Progressive Party 25,21728.2213+260
People's Alliance 14,27415.986–130
Social Democratic Party 12,69714.215–130
Independents1430.160New0New
Total89,352100.00400200
Valid votes89,35298.23
Invalid/blank votes1,6061.77
Total votes90,958100.00
Registered voters/turnout99,79891.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976