1922 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1922 Icelandic parliamentary election
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3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout41.12%
PartyLeader%Seats
Home Rule Jón Magnússon 27.621
Progressive Sveinn Ólafsson 27.101
Women's Candidate 22.671
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Sigurdur Eggerz.jpg Sigurður Eggerz
Independence 		Sigurður Eggerz
Independence 		Sigurdur Eggerz.jpg

Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 8 July 1922. [1] Following reforms in 1915, the six seats in the Upper House appointed by the monarch were abolished, and replaced with six elected seats. [2] The seats were elected by proportional representation at the national level, using the D'Hondt method. [2] The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Home Rule Party 3,25827.621
Progressive Party 3,19627.101
Women's Candidate List 2,67422.671
Social Democratic Party 2,03317.240
Independence Party 6335.370
Total11,794100.003
Valid votes11,79498.60
Invalid/blank votes1681.40
Total votes11,962100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,09441.12
Source: Mackie & Rose, [3] Nohlen & Stöver

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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. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p954
  3. ↑ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
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