1995 Icelandic parliamentary election
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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 8 April 1995.[1] They were the first elections after the Althing became a unicameral parliament in 1991.[2] The Independence Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 63 seats.[2] The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.
Electoral system changes[]
Compared to prior elections where eight seats were to be allocated to the constituencies before the election in order to reflect population and one seat could be allocated after the election, all seats were allocated before the election to constituencies.[3]
Results[]
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Independence Party | 61,183 | 37.07 | –1.49 | 25 | –1 | |
Progressive Party | 38,485 | 23.32 | +4.39 | 15 | +2 | |
People's Alliance | 23,597 | 14.30 | –0.09 | 9 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 18,846 | 11.42 | –4.08 | 7 | –3 | |
National Awakening | 11,806 | 7.15 | New | 4 | New | |
Women's List | 8,031 | 4.87 | –3.41 | 3 | –2 | |
South List | 1,105 | 0.67 | New | 0 | New | |
Natural Law Party | 957 | 0.58 | New | 0 | New | |
Westfjords List | 717 | 0.43 | New | 0 | New | |
Christian Political Movement | 316 | 0.19 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 165,043 | 100.00 | – | 63 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 165,043 | 98.39 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,708 | 1.61 | ||||
Total votes | 167,751 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 191,973 | 87.38 | ||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources |
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p977
- ^ Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.). "Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland" (PDF). Electoral system change since 1945. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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