1931 Icelandic parliamentary election

1931 Icelandic parliamentary election
Kingdom of Iceland
← 1930 12 June 1931 1933 →

All 28 seats in the Lower House
and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout78.25%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Upper House[a]
Independence Jón Þorláksson 43.82 6 New
Progressive Tryggvi Þórhallsson 35.92 7 +1
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 16.08 1 −2
Lower House
Independence Jón Þorláksson 43.82 9 New
Progressive Tryggvi Þórhallsson 35.92 16 +3
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 16.08 3 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Tryggvi Þórhallsson Tryggvi Þórhallsson
Progressive
Tryggvi Þórhallsson
Progressive
Tryggvi Þórhallsson

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 June 1931.[1] Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House.[2] The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House[a]
+/–
Independence Party16,89143.829–260
Progressive Party13,844.535.9216+37+1
Social Democratic Party6,197.516.08301–2
Communist Party1,1653.020New0New
Independents4461.160–100
Total38,544100.00280140
Valid votes38,54497.31
Invalid/blank votes1,0642.69
Total votes39,608100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,61778.25
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. ^ a b Includes the three seats elected in 1930

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p954