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.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
| 1995 ← Summary of the 8 May 1999 Icelandic parliamentary election results → 2003 | |||||||||
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| Party | Chairperson | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| Independence Party (D) | Davíð Oddsson | 67,513 | 40.7 |  3.6 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Social Democratic Alliance (S) | Margrét Frímannsdóttir | 44,378 | 26.8 | new | 17 | new | |||
| Progressive Party (B) | Halldór Ásgrímsson | 30,415 | 18.4 |  4.9 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Left-Green Movement (V) | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon | 15,115 | 9.1 | new | 6 | new | |||
| Liberal Party (F) | Sverrir Hermannsson | 6,919 | 4.2 | new | 2 | new | |||
| Humanist Party | 742 | 0.4 | new | 0 | new | ||||
| Christian Democratic Party | 441 | 0.3 | new | 0 | new | ||||
| Anarchists in Iceland | 204 | 0.0 | new | 0 | new | ||||
| Valid votes | 165,727 | 97.8 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,697 | 2.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Total | 169,424 | 100 | – | 63 | – | ||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||||
By region
| Region | Independence | Left-Green | Liberal | Progressive | Social Democratic | Other |
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| East | 26.34% | 10.96% | 2.90% | 38.40% | 21.20% | 0.19% |
| Northeast | 29.85% | 22.04% | 1.88% | 29.17% | 16.78% | 0.27% |
| Northwest | 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% |
| Reykjavik | 45.71% | 9.39% | 4.18% | 10.35% | 29.02% | 1.34% |
| South | 36.02% | 2.88% | 2.85% | 29.18% | 28.73% | 0.34% |
| West | 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
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p977
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