1937 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1937.[1] Although the Independence Party won a plurality of votes, the Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 33 seats.

29 June 1937

All 33 seats in the Lower House
and 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing
17 and 9 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

59,096 (87.9%

6.4%)

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Upper House
Independence	Ólafur Thors	41.3%	6	0
Progressive	Jónas frá Hriflu	24.9%	7	+1
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvinsson	19.0%	2	-1
Communist	Brynjólfur Bjarnason	8.4%	1	+1
Lower House
Independence	Ólafur Thors	41.3%	11	-3
Progressive	Jónas frá Hriflu	24.9%	12	+3
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvinsson	19.0%	6	-1
Communist	Brynjólfur Bjarnason	8.4%	2	+2
Farmers'	Þorsteinn Briem	6.1%	2	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Hermann Jónasson Progressive	Hermann Jónasson Progressive

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Results

Party	Votes	%	Lower House		Upper House
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Independence Party	24,132	41.3	11	–3	6	0
Progressive Party	14,556.5	24.9	12	+3	7	+1
Social Democratic Party	11,084.5	19.0	6	–1	2	–1
Communist Party	4,932.5	8.4	2	+2	1	+1
Farmers' Party	3,578.5	6.1	2	0	0	–1
Nationalist Party	118	0.2	0	0	0	0
Independents	13	0.0	0	–1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	681	–	–	–	–	–
Total	59,096	100	33	0	16	0
Registered voters/turnout	67,195	87.9	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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