1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

25 June 1978
All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout	90.27%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Upper House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 6 −2 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 5 +1 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 5 +3 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 4 −2 Lower House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 14 −3 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 9 +2 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 9 +6 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 8 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	39,982	32.72	14	–3	6	–2
	People's Alliance	27,952	22.87	9	+2	5	+1
	Social Democratic Party	26,912	22.02	9	+6	5	+3
	Progressive Party	20,656	16.90	8	–3	4	–2
	Union of Liberals and Leftists	4,073	3.33	0	–2	0	0
	Independent Voters in the West Fjords	776	0.63	0	New	0	New
	Independent Voters in Reykjanes	592	0.48	0	New	0	New
	The Political Party	486	0.40	0	New	0	New
	Independent Voters in the South	466	0.38	0	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Communist League	184	0.15	0	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist)	128	0.10	0	0	0	0
Total		122,207	100.00	40	0	20	0
Valid votes		122,207	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		2,170	1.74
Total votes		124,377	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		137,782	90.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver