Iceland 1934 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 20 of 49 seats with 42.3% of the vote; 81.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
- Independence Party20
- Progressive Party15
- Social Democratic Party10
- Farmers' Party3
- Independents1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 20 | 42.3 | 21,974 |
| Progressive Party | 15 | 21.9 | 11,378 |
| Social Democratic Party | 10 | 21.7 | 11,270 |
| Farmers' Party | 3 | 6.4 | 3,348 |
| Communist Party of Iceland | 0 | 6.0 | 3,098 |
| Independents | 1 | 1.0 | 499 |
Votes by party
- Independence Party 21,974
- Progressive Party 11,378
- Social Democratic Party 11,270
- Farmers' Party 3,348
- Communist Party of Iceland 3,098
- Independents 499
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
81.5% of the 64,338 registered voters cast a ballot (52,445 ballots). 51,929 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party42.3% of votes40.8% of seats
- Progressive Party21.9% of votes30.6% of seats
- Social Democratic Party21.7% of votes20.4% of seats
- Farmers' Party6.4% of votes6.1% of seats
- Communist Party of Iceland6.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 20.4 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.