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Iceland 1953 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 21 of 52 seats with 37.1% of the vote; 89.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.9 points on 1949.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party21+237.1−2.428,738
Progressive Party16−121.9−2.616,959
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party7−216.0−3.512,422
Social Democratic Party6−115.6−0.912,093
National Preservation Party26.04,667
Republican Party03.32,531

± is the change against the Iceland 1949 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 28,738
  • Progressive Party 16,959
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 12,422
  • Social Democratic Party 12,093
  • National Preservation Party 4,667
  • Republican Party 2,531

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

89.9% of the 87,601 registered voters cast a ballot (78,754 ballots), up 0.9 points on 1949. 77,410 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Independence Party37.1% of votes40.4% of seats
  • Progressive Party21.9% of votes30.8% of seats
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party16.0% of votes13.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party15.6% of votes11.5% of seats
  • National Preservation Party6.0% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Republican Party3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 15.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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