Iceland 1937 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Party won 19 of 49 seats with 24.9% of the vote; 87.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
- Progressive Party19
- Independence Party17
- Social Democratic Party8
- Communist Party of Iceland3
- Farmers' Party2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 17 | 41.3 | 24,132 |
| Progressive Party | 19 | 24.9 | 14,557 |
| Social Democratic Party | 8 | 19.0 | 11,085 |
| Communist Party of Iceland | 3 | 8.4 | 4,933 |
| Farmers' Party | 2 | 6.1 | 3,579 |
Votes by party
- Independence Party 24,132
- Progressive Party 14,557
- Social Democratic Party 11,085
- Communist Party of Iceland 4,933
- Farmers' Party 3,579
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
87.9% of the 67,195 registered voters cast a ballot (59,096 ballots). 58,415 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Progressive Party24.9% of votes38.8% of seats
- Independence Party41.3% of votes34.7% of seats
- Social Democratic Party19.0% of votes16.3% of seats
- Communist Party of Iceland8.4% of votes6.1% of seats
- Farmers' Party6.1% of votes4.1% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 16.4 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
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