1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats.[2] 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.
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All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing 21 and 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 124,377 (90.3%  1.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Lower House | Upper House | ||
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| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| Independence Party | 39,982 | 32.7 | 14 | –3 | 6 | –2 |
| People's Alliance | 27,952 | 22.9 | 9 | +2 | 5 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 26,912 | 22.0 | 9 | +6 | 5 | +3 |
| Progressive Party | 20,656 | 16.9 | 8 | –3 | 4 | –2 |
| Union of Liberals and Leftists | 4,073 | 3.3 | 0 | –2 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Voters in the West Fjords[a] | 776 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Independent Voters in Reykjanes | 592 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| The Political Party | 486 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Independent Voters in the South[b] | 466 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Communist League | 184 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) | 128 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,170 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 124,377 | 100 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 137,782 | 90.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
a The Independent Voters in the West Fjords was a breakaway from the Union of Liberals and Leftists.
b The Independent Voters in the South was a breakaway from the Independence Party.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p976
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