October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election

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October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election
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  August 1916 21 October 1916 1919  

All 26 seats in the Lower House
8 of 14 seats in the Upper House
Turnout49.18% (Increase2.svg24.90pp)
PartyLeader%Seats
Upper House [a]
Home Rule Jón Magnússon 39.957
Farmers' Ólafur Briem 8.791
Independence Disputed7.602
Independence – Þversum Einar Arnórsson 7.033
Ind. Farmers Sigurður Jónsson 4.151
Lower House
Home Rule Jón Magnússon 39.958
Independence – Langsum Sigurður Eggerz 15.713
Farmers' Ólafur Briem 8.794
Independence Disputed7.601
Independence – Þversum Einar Arnórsson 7.036
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 6.771
Ind. Farmers Sigurður Jónsson 4.151
Independents 10.012
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Minister for Iceland before Prime Minister after August and October elections
EinarArnorsson.jpg Einar Arnórsson
Independence - Þversum
Jón Magnússon
Home Rule
Jon Magnusson1.jpg

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916. [1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House, [2] the other six having been elected in August. The Home Rule Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning eight of the 26 seats.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower HouseUpper House [lower-alpha 1]
Home Rule Party 5,333.539.9587
Independence Party – Langsum 2,09715.7130
Farmers' Party 1,1738.7941
Independence Party 1,0147.6012
Independence Party – Þversum 938.57.0363
Social Democratic Party 903.56.7710
Independent Farmers 5544.1511
Independents1,336.510.0120
Total13,350100.002614
Valid votes13,35095.15
Invalid/blank votes6804.85
Total votes14,030100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,52949.18
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. Includes the seats elected in August

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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