Icelandic parliamentary election, October 1916

Icelandic parliamentary election, October 1916

21 October 1916

All 26 seats in the Lower House 8 of the 14 seats in the Upper House.   First party Second party Third party   Party Home Rule Þversum Farmers' Seats won 8 + 7 6 + 3 4 + 1 Popular vote 5,333.5 938.5 1,173 Percentage 40.0% 7.0% 8.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Langsum Independence Social Democratic Seats won 3 + 0 1 + 2 1 + 0 Popular vote 2,097 1,014 903.5 Percentage 15.7% 7.5% 6.8%   Seventh party   Party Ind. Farmers Seats won 1 + 1 Popular vote 554 Percentage 4.1%

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916.^[1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House,^[2] 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^[a]
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.

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p954