1979 Icelandic parliamentary election

1979 Icelandic parliamentary election

2 and 3 December 1979
All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout	89.34%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Upper House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 35.42 7 +1 Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 24.94 6 +2 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 19.72 4 −1 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 17.44 3 −2 Lower House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 35.42 14 0 Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 24.94 11 +3 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 19.72 7 −2 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 17.44 7 −2 Independent Voters Eggert Haukdal 1.20 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Benedikt Gröndal Social Democratic Gunnar Thoroddsen Independence

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	43,838	35.42	14	0	7	+1
	Progressive Party	30,861	24.94	11	+3	6	+2
	People's Alliance	24,401	19.72	7	–2	4	–1
	Social Democratic Party	21,580	17.44	7	–2	3	–2
	Independent Voters in the South	1,484	1.20	1	+1	0	0
	Independent Voters in the North East	857	0.69	0	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Communist League	480	0.39	0	0	0	0
	The Other Party	158	0.13	0	New	0	New
	The Sunshine Party	92	0.07	0	New	0	New
Total		123,751	100.00	40	0	20	0
Valid votes		123,751	97.50
Invalid/blank votes		3,178	2.50
Total votes		126,929	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		142,073	89.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency	People's Alliance	Social Democratic	Progressive	Independence	Other
Eastern	31.22%	6.00%	42.94%	19.84%	0.00%
Northeastern	15.93%	13.31%	43.87%	20.52%	6.38%
Northwestern	17.24%	10.71%	43.91%	28.14%	0.00%
Reykjanes	18.29%	24.18%	17.32%	39.85%	0.36%
Reykjavík	22.27%	17.77%	14.83%	43.82%	1.30%
Southern	14.92%	14.83%	32.44%	23.46%	14.34%
Westfjords	15.03%	22.10%	30.60%	32.27%	0.00%
Western	16.04%	15.53%	37.49%	30.93%	0.00%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive