1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.27%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 6 -2
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 5 +1
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 5 +3
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 4 -2
Lower House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 14 -3
People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 9 +2
Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 9 +6
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 8 -3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson
Independence		 Ólafur Jóhannesson
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats.[2] Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party39,98232.7214–36–2
People's Alliance27,95222.879+25+1
Social Democratic Party26,91222.029+65+3
Progressive Party20,65616.908–34–2
Union of Liberals and Leftists4,0733.330–200
Independent Voters in the West Fjords[a]7760.630New0New
Independent Voters in Reykjanes5920.480New0New
The Political Party4860.400New0New
Independent Voters in the South[b]4660.380New0New
Revolutionary Communist League1840.150000
Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist)1280.100000
Total122,207100.00400200
Valid votes122,20798.26
Invalid/blank votes2,1701.74
Total votes124,377100.00
Registered voters/turnout137,78290.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes[]

  1. ^ Breakaway from the Union of Liberals and Leftists
  2. ^ Breakaway from the Independence Party

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976


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