1971 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in Iceland
1971 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
← 1967 13 June 1971 1974 →
All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.44%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Jóhann Hafstein 36.22 7 −1
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 25.28 6 0
People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 17.13 3 0
Social Democratic Gylfi Þ. Gíslason 10.46 2 −1
Liberals & Leftists Hannibal Valdimarsson 8.91 2 New
Lower House
Independence Jóhann Hafstein 36.22 15 0
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 25.28 11 −1
People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 17.13 7 0
Social Democratic Gylfi Þ. Gíslason 10.46 4 −2
Liberals & Leftists Hannibal Valdimarsson 8.91 3 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jóhann Hafstein Jóhann Hafstein
Independence		 Ólafur Jóhannesson
Progressive
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 13 June 1971.[1] Although the Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats,[2] Independence Party leader Jóhann Hafstein resigned as Prime Minister the day after the elections as his party and its coalition partners had failed to win a majority of seats.[3] Ólafur Jóhannesson of the Progressive Party succeeded him as Prime Minister, announcing the formation of a new coalition government on the same day.[3] The new government's programme included expanding Icelandic fishing borders from 19 to 80 kilometers and gradually closing down Naval Air Station Keflavik but remaining committed to NATO membership.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party38,17036.221507–1
Progressive Party26,64525.2811–160
People's Alliance18,05517.137030
Social Democratic Party11,02010.464–22–1
Union of Liberals and Leftists9,3958.913New2New
Candidature Party2,1102.000New0New
Total105,395100.00400200
Valid votes105,39598.52
Invalid/blank votes1,5801.48
Total votes106,975100.00
Registered voters/turnout118,28990.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 962. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. ^ a b c Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2649.
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