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Iceland June 1959 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats with 42.5% of the vote; 90.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 1956.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party20+142.5+0.136,029
Progressive Party19+227.2+11.623,061
People's Alliancewith People's Unity Party – Socialist Party and Debating Society of Social Democrats7−115.2−4.012,929
Social Democratic Party6−212.5−5.810,632
National Preservation Party002.5−2.02,137

± is the change against the Iceland 1956 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 36,029
  • Progressive Party 23,061
  • People's Alliance 12,929
  • Social Democratic Party 10,632
  • National Preservation Party 2,137

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 counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

90.6% of the 95,050 registered voters cast a ballot (86,147 ballots), down 1.4 points on 1956. 84,788 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Independence Party42.5% of votes38.5% of seats
  • Progressive Party27.2% of votes36.5% of seats
  • People's Alliance15.2% of votes13.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party12.5% of votes11.5% of seats
  • National Preservation Party2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 15.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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