1974 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1974.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 40 seats.[2] They formed a coalition with the Progressive Party and Independence Party leader Geir Hallgrímsson was elected Prime Minister.
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All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 91.44% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Background
editFollowing the 1971 elections, a coalition government had been formed by the Progressive Party, People's Alliance and Union of Liberals and Leftists with the Progressives' Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.
Early elections were triggered by the collapse of the coalition due to a petition to reconsider a policy that would close the United States naval base in Keflavik.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
| Independence Party | 48,764 | 42.73 | 17 | +2 | 8 | +1 | ||
| Progressive Party | 28,381 | 24.87 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| People's Alliance | 20,924 | 18.34 | 7 | 0 | 4 | +1 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 10,345 | 9.07 | 3 | –1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Union of Liberals and Leftists | 5,245 | 4.60 | 2 | –1 | 0 | –2 | ||
| Revolutionary Communist League | 200 | 0.18 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Movement – Marxists-Leninists | 121 | 0.11 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Democratic Party in Reykjavík | 67 | 0.06 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Democratic Party in the North East | 42 | 0.04 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Democratic Party in Reykjanes | 19 | 0.02 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 114,108 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 114,108 | 98.73 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,467 | 1.27 | ||||||
| Total votes | 115,575 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 126,388 | 91.44 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- ^ Markham, James M. (1982-03-30). "Iceland's Elves Are Enlisted in Anti-Nato Effort". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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