1931 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 28 seats in the Lower House and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 78.25% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 June 1931.[1] Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House.[2] The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/– | Upper House[a] | +/– | |||||
Independence Party | 16,891 | 43.82 | 9 | –2 | 6 | 0 | ||
Progressive Party | 13,844.5 | 35.92 | 16 | +3 | 7 | +1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 6,197.5 | 16.08 | 3 | 0 | 1 | –2 | ||
Communist Party | 1,165 | 3.02 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 446 | 1.16 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 38,544 | 100.00 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 38,544 | 97.31 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,064 | 2.69 | ||||||
Total votes | 39,608 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 50,617 | 78.25 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Includes the three seats elected in 1930
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p954