1974 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in Iceland

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30 June 1974

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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

91.44%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Upper House
Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	42.73	8	+1
Progressive	Ólafur Jóhannesson	24.87	6	0
People's Alliance	Ragnar Arnalds	18.34	4	+1
Social Democratic	Benedikt Gröndal	9.07	2	0
Lower House
Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	42.73	17	+2
Progressive	Ólafur Jóhannesson	24.87	11	0
People's Alliance	Ragnar Arnalds	18.34	7	0
Social Democratic	Benedikt Gröndal	9.07	3	−1
Liberals & Leftists	Magnús Torfi Ólafsson	4.60	2	−2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive	Geir Hallgrímsson Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1974.^[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 40 seats.^[2] They formed a coalition with the Progressive Party and Independence Party leader Geir Hallgrímsson was elected Prime Minister.

Background

Following the 1971 elections, a coalition government had been formed by the Progressive Party, People's Alliance and Union of Liberals and Leftists with the Progressives' Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

Early elections were triggered by the collapse of the coalition due to a petition to reconsider a policy that would close the United States naval base in Keflavik.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	48,764	42.73	17	+2	8	+1
	Progressive Party	28,381	24.87	11	0	6	0
	People's Alliance	20,924	18.34	7	0	4	+1
	Social Democratic Party	10,345	9.07	3	–1	2	0
	Union of Liberals and Leftists	5,245	4.60	2	–1	0	–2
	Revolutionary Communist League	200	0.18	0	New	0	New
	Communist Movement – Marxists-Leninists	121	0.11	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in Reykjavík	67	0.06	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in the North East	42	0.04	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in Reykjanes	19	0.02	0	New	0	New
Total		114,108	100.00	40	0	20	0

Valid votes		114,108	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		1,467	1.27
Total votes		115,575	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		126,388	91.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
^ Markham, James M. (1982-03-30). "Iceland's Elves Are Enlisted in Anti-Nato Effort". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-18.

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