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1963 Icelandic parliamentary election

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1963 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
← October 1959 9 June 1963 1967 →

All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout91.14%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 41.43 8 0
Progressive Eysteinn Jónsson 28.22 6 0
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.98 3 0
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 14.21 3 0
Lower House
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 41.43 16 0
Progressive Eysteinn Jónsson 28.22 13 +2
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.98 6 −1
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 14.21 5 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ólafur Thors Ólafur Thors
Independence
Bjarni Benediktsson
Independence
Bjarni Benediktsson

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 June 1963.[1] The Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.[2] Bjarni Benediktsson became Prime Minister after the elections.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House
+/–
Independence Party37,02141.4316080
Progressive Party25,21728.2213+260
People's Alliance14,27415.986–130
Social Democratic Party12,69714.215–130
Independents1430.160New0New
Total89,352100.00400200
Valid votes89,35298.23
Invalid/blank votes1,6061.77
Total votes90,958100.00
Registered voters/turnout99,79891.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976