Icelandic parliamentary election, 1979

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 2 and 3 December 1979.^[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Lower House		Upper House
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Independence Party	43,838	35.4	14	0	7	+1
Progressive Party	30,861	24.9	11	+3	6	+2
People's Alliance	24,401	19.7	7	–2	4	–1
Social Democratic Party	21,580	17.4	7	–2	3	–2
Independent Voters in the South^[a]	1,484	1.2	1	+1	0	0
Independent Voters in the North East^[a]	857	0.7	0	New	0	New
Revolutionary Communist League	480	0.4	0	0	0	0
The Other Party	158	0.1	0	New	0	New
The Sunshine Party	92	0.1	0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	3,178	–	–	–	–	–
Total	126,929	100	40	0	20	0
Registered voters/turnout	142,073	89.3	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Both groups were breakaways from the Independence Party.

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p976

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