1926 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1926 Icelandic parliamentary election
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3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of the Althing
Turnout45.83%
PartyLeader%Seats
Conservative Jón Þorláksson 39.441
Progressive Sveinn Ólafsson 24.961
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 22.691
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Magnus Gudmundsson.jpg Magnús Guðmundsson (acting)
Conservative 		Jón Þorláksson
Conservative 		JThorl1927.jpg

Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 1 July 1926. [1] Six 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.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Conservative Party 5,50139.441
Progressive Party 3,48124.961
Social Democratic Party 3,16422.691
Independence Party 1,3129.410
Women's Candidate List 4893.510
Total13,947100.003
Valid votes13,94798.91
Invalid/blank votes1531.09
Total votes14,100100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,76745.83
Source: Mackie & Rose, [3] Nohlen & Stöver

By-election

A by-election was held on 23 October 1926. [4]

PartyVotes%Seats
Conservative Party 8,51455.091
Progressive Party 6,94044.910
Total15,454100.001
Valid votes15,45498.45
Invalid/blank votes2431.55
Total votes15,697100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,42249.96
Source: 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. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p954
  3. ↑ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp961-962
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