1927 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 28 seats in the Lower House and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 71.51% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 July 1927.[1] Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House.[2] The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House, winning 13 of the 28 seats.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/– | Upper House[a] | +/– | |||||
Conservative Party | 13,616.5 | 42.54 | 10 | New | 6 | New | ||
Progressive Party | 9,532.5 | 29.78 | 13 | +3 | 6 | +1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 6,097.5 | 19.05 | 3 | +2 | 2 | +2 | ||
Liberal Party | 1,858 | 5.80 | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 904.5 | 2.83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 32,009 | 100.00 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 32,009 | 97.21 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 919 | 2.79 | ||||||
Total votes | 32,928 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 46,047 | 71.51 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Includes the three seats elected in 1926
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p954