1995 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in Iceland

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← 1991

8 April 1995 (1995-04-08)

1999 →

All 63 seats in the Althing

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Independence	Davíð Oddsson	37.07	25	−1
Progressive	Halldór Ásgrímsson	23.32	15	+2
People's Alliance	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	14.30	9	0
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	11.42	7	−3
National Awakening	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	7.15	4	New
Women's List		4.87	3	−2

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

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after election
Davíð Oddsson Independence	Davíð Oddsson Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 April 1995.^[1] They were the first elections after the Althing became a unicameral parliament in 1991.^[2] The Independence Party remained the largest party, winning 25 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.

Electoral system changes

Compared to prior elections where eight seats were to be allocated to the constituencies before the election in order to reflect population and one seat could be allocated after the election, all seats were allocated before the election to constituencies.^[3]

Results



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Independence Party	61,183	37.07	–1.49	25	–1
	Progressive Party	38,485	23.32	+4.39	15	+2
	People's Alliance	23,597	14.30	–0.09	9	0
	Social Democratic Party	18,846	11.42	–4.08	7	–3
	National Awakening	11,806	7.15	New	4	New
	Women's List	8,031	4.87	–3.41	3	–2
	South List	1,105	0.67	New	0	New
	Natural Law Party	957	0.58	New	0	New
	Westfjords List	717	0.43	New	0	New
	Christian Political Movement	316	0.19	New	0	New
Total		165,043	100.00	–	63	0

Valid votes		165,043	98.39
Invalid/blank votes		2,708	1.61
Total votes		167,751	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		191,973	87.38
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b Nohlen & Stöver, p977
^ Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.). "Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland" (PDF). Electoral system change since 1945. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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