1974 Icelandic parliamentary election

1974 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
← 1971 30 June 1974 1978 →
All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout91.44%
Party Leader Vote % 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.
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Progressive		 Geir Hallgrímsson
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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

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party48,76442.7317+28+1
Progressive Party28,38124.8711060
People's Alliance20,92418.34704+1
Social Democratic Party10,3459.073–120
Union of Liberals and Leftists5,2454.602–10–2
Revolutionary Communist League2000.180New0New
Communist Movement – Marxists-Leninists1210.110New0New
Democratic Party in Reykjavík670.060New0New
Democratic Party in the North East420.040New0New
Democratic Party in Reykjanes190.020New0New
Total114,108100.00400200
Valid votes114,10898.73
Invalid/blank votes1,4671.27
Total votes115,575100.00
Registered voters/turnout126,38891.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. ^ 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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