1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.27%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Upper House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.726-2
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.875+1
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.025+3
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.904-2
Lower House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.7214-3
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.879+2
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.029+6
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.908-3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Geir Hallgrimsson.jpg Geir Hallgrímsson
Independence 		Ólafur Jóhannesson
Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978. [1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. [2] Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party 39,98232.7214–36–2
People's Alliance 27,95222.879+25+1
Social Democratic Party 26,91222.029+65+3
Progressive Party 20,65616.908–34–2
Union of Liberals and Leftists 4,0733.330–200
Independent Voters in the West Fjords [lower-alpha 1] 7760.630New0New
Independent Voters in Reykjanes5920.480New0New
The Political Party4860.400New0New
Independent Voters in the South [lower-alpha 2] 4660.380New0New
Revolutionary Communist League1840.150000
Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) 1280.100000
Total122,207100.00400200
Valid votes122,20798.26
Invalid/blank votes2,1701.74
Total votes124,377100.00
Registered voters/turnout137,78290.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. ↑ Breakaway from the Union of Liberals and Leftists
  2. ↑ Breakaway from the Independence Party

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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


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