October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916.[1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House,[2] the other six having been elected in August. The Home Rule Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning eight of the 26 seats.
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All 26 seats in the Lower House and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing 14 and 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 14,030 (49.2%  24.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Lower House | Upper House[a] | |||
| Home Rule Party | 5,333.5 | 40.0 | 8 | 7 |
| Independence Party - Langsum | 2,097 | 15.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Farmers' Party | 1,173 | 8.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Independence Party | 1,014 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Independence Party - Þversum | 938.5 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 |
| Social Democratic Party | 903.5 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent Farmers | 554 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Independents | 1,336.5 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 680 | – | – | – |
| Total | 14,030 | 100 | 26 | 14 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 28,529 | 49.2 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
a Includes the seats elected in August.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p954
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