Iceland 1946 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats with 39.5% of the vote; 87.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
27 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 20 | 39.5 | 26,428 |
| Progressive Party | 13 | 23.1 | 15,429 |
| People's Unity Party – Socialist Party | 10 | 19.5 | 13,049 |
| Social Democratic Party | 9 | 17.8 | 11,914 |
Votes by party
- Independence Party 26,428
- Progressive Party 15,429
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 13,049
- Social Democratic Party 11,914
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
87.4% of the 77,670 registered voters cast a ballot (67,896 ballots). 66,913 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party39.5% of votes38.5% of seats
- Progressive Party23.1% of votes25.0% of seats
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party19.5% of votes19.2% of seats
- Social Democratic Party17.8% of votes17.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.6 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.