Icelandic parliamentary election, October 1916

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916. Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House, the other six having been elected in August. The Home Rule Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning eight of the 26 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Lower House	Upper House
Home Rule Party	5,333.5	40.0	8	7
Independence Party - Langsum	2,097	15.7	3	0
Farmers' Party	1,173	8.8	4	1
Independence Party	1,014	7.6	1	2
Independence Party - Þversum	938.5	7.0	6	3
Social Democratic Party	903.5	6.8	1	0
Independent Farmers	554	4.1	1	1
Independents	1,336.5	10.0	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	680	–	–	–
Total	14,030	100	26	14
Registered voters/turnout	28,529	49.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Includes the seats elected in August.