1999 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats.[2] The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.

1999 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
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All 63 seats in the Althing
Turnout84.11%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independence Davíð Oddsson 40.74 26 +1
Social Democratic Margrét Frímannsdóttir 26.78 17 −6
Progressive Halldór Ásgrímsson 18.35 12 −3
Left-Green Steingrímur J. Sigfússon 9.12 6 New
Liberal Sverrir Hermannsson 4.17 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Davíð Oddsson
Independence
Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Independence Party67,51340.74+3.6726+1
Social Democratic Alliance44,37826.78–10.9617–6
Progressive Party30,41518.35–4.9712–3
Left-Green Movement15,1159.12New6New
Liberal Party6,9194.17New2New
Humanist Party7420.45New0New
Christian Democratic Party4410.27New0New
Anarchists in Iceland2040.12New0New
Total165,727100.00630
Valid votes165,72797.82
Invalid/blank votes3,6972.18
Total votes169,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout201,44384.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources

By constituency

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Constituency Independence Left-Green Liberal Progressive Social Democratic Other
Eastern 26.34% 10.96% 2.90% 38.40% 21.20% 0.19%
Northeastern 29.85% 22.04% 1.88% 29.17% 16.78% 0.27%
Northwestern 31.94% 9.41% 3.27% 30.33% 24.84% 0.22%
Reykjanes 44.66% 5.86% 4.63% 16.03% 28.07% 0.75%
Reykjavík 45.71% 9.39% 4.18% 10.35% 29.02% 1.34%
Southern 36.02% 2.88% 2.85% 29.18% 28.73% 0.34%
Western 33.35% 9.71% 1.99% 28.46% 26.11% 0.38%
Westfjords 29.61% 5.53% 17.71% 23.18% 23.59% 0.37%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

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, p977