1979 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1979 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout89.34%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Upper House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 35.427+1
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 24.946+2
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 19.724−1
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 17.443−2
Lower House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 35.42140
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 24.9411+3
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 19.727−2
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 17.447−2
Independent Voters Eggert Haukdal 1.201New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Benedikt Gröndal
Social Democratic 		Gunnar Thoroddsen
Independence

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 2 and 3 December 1979. [1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. [2]

Contents

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party 43,83835.421407+1
Progressive Party 30,86124.9411+36+2
People's Alliance 24,40119.727–24–1
Social Democratic Party 21,58017.447–23–2
Independent Voters in the South [lower-alpha 1] 1,4841.201+100
Independent Voters in the North East [lower-alpha 1] 8570.690New0New
Revolutionary Communist League4800.390000
The Other Party1580.130New0New
The Sunshine Party920.070New0New
Total123,751100.00400200
Valid votes123,75197.50
Invalid/blank votes3,1782.50
Total votes126,929100.00
Registered voters/turnout142,07389.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency People's AllianceSocial DemocraticProgressiveIndependenceOther
Eastern 31.22%6.00%42.94%19.84%0.00%
Northeastern 15.93%13.31%43.87%20.52%6.38%
Northwestern 17.24%10.71%43.91%28.14%0.00%
Reykjanes 18.29%24.18%17.32%39.85%0.36%
Reykjavík 22.27%17.77%14.83%43.82%1.30%
Southern 14.92%14.83%32.44%23.46%14.34%
Westfjords 15.03%22.10%30.60%32.27%0.00%
Western 16.04%15.53%37.49%30.93%0.00%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

Notes

  1. 1 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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