1937 Icelandic parliamentary election

1937 Icelandic parliamentary election
Kingdom of Iceland
← 1934 29 June 1937 July 1942 →

All 33 seats in the Lower House
and 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Ólafur Thors 41.31 6 0
Progressive Jónas frá Hriflu 24.92 7 +1
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 18.98 2 −1
Communist Brynjólfur Bjarnason 8.44 1 +1
Lower House
Independence Ólafur Thors 41.31 11 −3
Progressive Jónas frá Hriflu 24.92 12 +3
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 18.98 6 −1
Communist Brynjólfur Bjarnason 8.44 2 +2
Farmers' Þorsteinn Briem 6.13 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Ballot paper used for 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.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House
+/–
Independence Party24,13241.3111–360
Progressive Party14,556.524.9212+37+1
Social Democratic Party11,084.518.986–12–1
Communist Party4,932.58.442+21+1
Farmers' Party3,578.56.13200–1
Nationalist Party1180.200000
Independents130.020–100
Total58,415100.00330160
Valid votes58,41598.85
Invalid/blank votes6811.15
Total votes59,096100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,19587.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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