Iceland October 1942 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats with 38.5% of the vote; 82.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 20 | 38.5 | 23,001 |
| Progressive Party | 15 | 26.6 | 15,869 |
| People's Unity Party – Socialist Party | 10 | 18.5 | 11,059 |
| Social Democratic Party | 7 | 14.2 | 8,455 |
| Common Wealth Party | 0 | 2.1 | 1,284 |
Votes by party
- Independence Party 23,001
- Progressive Party 15,869
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 11,059
- Social Democratic Party 8,455
- Common Wealth Party 1,284
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
82.3% of the 73,560 registered voters cast a ballot (60,576 ballots). 59,668 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party38.5% of votes38.5% of seats
- Progressive Party26.6% of votes28.8% of seats
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party18.5% of votes19.2% of seats
- Social Democratic Party14.2% of votes13.5% of seats
- Common Wealth Party2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 11.9 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.