Icelandic parliamentary election, 1991
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 20 April 1991.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 42 seats.[2]
Results [edit]
| Party | Chairperson(s) | Votes | % | ± | Lower House | Upper House | |||
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| Seats | ± | Seats | ± | ||||||
| Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) | Davíð Oddsson | 60,836 | 38.6 |  11.4 |
17 | 5 |
9 | 3 |
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| Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) | Steingrímur Hermannsson | 29,866 | 18.9 |  0.0 |
9 | 1 |
4 |  1 |
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| Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson | 24,459 | 15.5 | 0.3 |
7 | 0 |
3 | 0 |
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| People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið) | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 22,706 | 14.4 | 1.1 |
6 | 1 |
3 | 0 |
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| Women's List (Kvennalistinn) | no designated chairperson | 13,069 | 8.3 | 1.8 |
3 | 1 |
2 | 0 |
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| National Party - Humanist Party (Þjóðarflokkurinn - Flokkur mannsins) | ? | 2,871 | 1.8 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Liberals (Frjálslyndir) | ? | 1,927 | 1.2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Home Rule Association (Heimastjórnarsamtökin) | ? | 975 | 0.6 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Green Candidature (Grænt framboð) | ? | 502 | 0.3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Extreme Social Democrats (Samtök öfgasinnaðra jafnaðarmanna) | ? | 459 | 0.3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Labour Party of Iceland (Verkamannaflokkur Íslands) | ? | 99 | 0.1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Valid votes | 157,769 | 98.5 | |||||||
| Invalid/Blank votes | 2,373 | 1.5 | |||||||
| Total | 160,142 | 100.0 | — | 42 | — | 21 | — | ||
| Electorate/Turnout | ? | ? | |||||||
| Source: Statistics Iceland, Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||||
| Last election (1987) — Next election (1995) | |||||||||
Aftermath [edit]
Following constitutional changes made in 1991, the Upper and Lower Houses of the Althing were abolished, and all members became part of a unicameral parliament.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p977
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