1983 Icelandic parliamentary election

1983 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout88.29%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 38.67 8 +1
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 19.05 4 −2
People's Alliance Svavar Gestsson 17.31 3 −1
Social Democratic Kjartan Jóhannsson 11.71 2 −1
Social Democrats Vilmundur Gylfason 7.30 2 New
Women's List 5.48 1 New
Lower House
Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 38.67 15 +1
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 19.05 10 −1
People's Alliance Svavar Gestsson 17.31 7 0
Social Democratic Kjartan Jóhannsson 11.71 4 −3
Social Democrats Vilmundur Gylfason 7.30 2 New
Women's List 5.48 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Gunnar Thoroddsen
Independence
Steingrímur Hermannsson
Progressive
Steingrímur Hermannsson

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 23 April 1983.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House
+/–
Independence Party50,25138.6715+18+1
Progressive Party24,75419.0510–14–2
People's Alliance22,49017.31703–1
Social Democratic Party15,21411.714–32–1
Alliance of Social Democrats9,4897.302New2New
Women's List7,1255.482New1New
Independent Voters in the West Fjords[a]6390.490New0New
Total129,962100.00400200
Valid votes129,96297.49
Invalid/blank votes3,3422.51
Total votes133,304100.00
Registered voters/turnout150,97788.29
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency People's Alliance Social Democratic Alliance of Social Democrats Progressive Independence Other
Eastern 29.85% 3.98% 3.81% 37.90% 24.46% 0.00%
Northeastern 16.84% 10.97% 4.55% 34.67% 27.20% 5.77%
Northwestern 18.03% 7.21% 3.10% 40.34% 31.32% 0.00%
Reykjanes 13.77% 14.83% 8.11% 11.91% 44.18% 7.21%
Reykjavík 18.98% 10.78% 9.49% 9.42% 42.97% 8.37%
Southern 14.53% 12.15% 5.40% 27.98% 39.94% 0.00%
Westfjords 13.14% 16.79% 3.58% 27.43% 27.45% 11.61%
Western 15.21% 13.50% 6.34% 30.21% 34.74% 0.00%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

Notes

  1. ^ Breakaway from the Independence Party

References

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