1987 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 1987. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 42 seats.

Electoral reform

Prior to the election three extra seats were added to the Althing for Reykjavík, one in the Upper House and two in the Lower House. The Hare quota replaced the D'Hondt method in the multi-member constituencies, although D'Hondt was still used for the compensatory seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Lower House		Upper House
			Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Independence Party	41,490	27.2	12	–3	6	–2
Progressive Party	28,902	18.9	8	–2	5	+1
Social Democratic Party	23,265	15.2	7	+3	3	+1
People's Alliance	20,387	13.3	5	–2	3	0
Citizens' Party	16,588	10.9	5	New	2	New
Women's List	15,470	10.1	4	+2	2	+1
Humanist Party	2,434	1.6	0	New	0	New
National Party	2,047	1.3	0	New	0	New
Association for Justice and Equality	1,893	1.2	1	New	0	New
Alliance of Social Democrats	246	0.2	0	–2	0	–2
Invalid/blank votes	1,716	–	–	–	–	–
Total	154,438	100	42	+2	21	+1
Registered voters/turnout	171,402	90.1	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver