Iceland 1949 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 19 of 52 seats with 39.5% of the vote; 89.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.6 points on 1946.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 19 | −1 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 28,546 |
| Progressive Party | 17 | +4 | 24.5 | +1.4 | 17,659 |
| People's Unity Party – Socialist Party | 9 | −1 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 14,077 |
| Social Democratic Party | 7 | −2 | 16.5 | −1.3 | 11,937 |
± is the change against the Iceland 1946 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 28,546
- Progressive Party 17,659
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 14,077
- Social Democratic Party 11,937
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
89.0% of the 82,481 registered voters cast a ballot (73,432 ballots), up 1.6 points on 1946. 72,219 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party39.5% of votes36.5% of seats
- Progressive Party24.5% of votes32.7% of seats
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party19.5% of votes17.3% of seats
- Social Democratic Party16.5% of votes13.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 15.0 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.