1971 Icelandic parliamentary election
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| Turnout | 90.44% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 13 June 1971.[1] Although the Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats,[2] Independence Party leader Jóhann Hafstein resigned as Prime Minister the day after the elections as his party and its coalition partners had failed to win a majority of seats.[3] Ólafur Jóhannesson of the Progressive Party succeeded him as Prime Minister, announcing the formation of a new coalition government on the same day.[3] The new government's programme included expanding Icelandic fishing borders from 19 to 80 kilometers and gradually closing down Naval Air Station Keflavik but remaining committed to NATO membership.[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
| Independence Party | 38,170 | 36.22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | –1 | ||
| Progressive Party | 26,645 | 25.28 | 11 | –1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| People's Alliance | 18,055 | 17.13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 11,020 | 10.46 | 4 | –2 | 2 | –1 | ||
| Union of Liberals and Leftists | 9,395 | 8.91 | 3 | New | 2 | New | ||
| Candidature Party | 2,110 | 2.00 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 105,395 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 105,395 | 98.52 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,580 | 1.48 | ||||||
| Total votes | 106,975 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 118,289 | 90.44 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 962. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- ^ a b c Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2649.
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