1926 Icelandic parliamentary election
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3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of the Althing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 45.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Conservative Party | 5,501 | 39.44 | 1 | |
Progressive Party | 3,481 | 24.96 | 1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 3,164 | 22.69 | 1 | |
Independence Party | 1,312 | 9.41 | 0 | |
Women's Candidate List | 489 | 3.51 | 0 | |
Total | 13,947 | 100.00 | 3 | |
Valid votes | 13,947 | 98.91 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 153 | 1.09 | ||
Total votes | 14,100 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 30,767 | 45.83 | ||
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver |
By-election
A by-election was held on 23 October 1926.[4]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Conservative Party | 8,514 | 55.09 | 1 | |
Progressive Party | 6,940 | 44.91 | 0 | |
Total | 15,454 | 100.00 | 1 | |
Valid votes | 15,454 | 98.45 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 243 | 1.55 | ||
Total votes | 15,697 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 31,422 | 49.96 | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p954
- ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp961-962