Iceland 1927 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Party won 19 of 42 seats with 29.8% of the vote; 71.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
- Progressive Party19
- Independence Party16
- Social Democratic Party5
- Independents1
- Liberal Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 16 | 42.5 | 13,617 |
| Progressive Party | 19 | 29.8 | 9,533 |
| Independents | 1 | 2.8 | 9,045 |
| Social Democratic Party | 5 | 19.0 | 6,098 |
| Liberal Party | 1 | 5.8 | 1,858 |
Votes by party
- Independence Party 13,617
- Progressive Party 9,533
- Independents 9,045
- Social Democratic Party 6,098
- Liberal Party 1,858
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
71.5% of the 46,047 registered voters cast a ballot (32,928 ballots). 32,009 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Progressive Party29.8% of votes45.2% of seats
- Independence Party42.5% of votes38.1% of seats
- Social Democratic Party19.0% of votes11.9% of seats
- Liberal Party5.8% of votes2.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 12.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.