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Iceland 1971 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 22 of 60 seats with 36.2% of the vote; 90.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 1967.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party22−136.2−1.338,170
Progressive Party17−125.3−2.826,645
People's Alliance10+117.1+3.218,055
Social Democratic Party6−310.5−5.211,020
Union of Liberals and Leftists5+58.9+7.89,395
Candidature Party02.02,110

± is the change against the Iceland 1967 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 38,170
  • Progressive Party 26,645
  • People's Alliance 18,055
  • Social Democratic Party 11,020
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists 9,395
  • Candidature Party 2,110

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

90.4% of the 118,289 registered voters cast a ballot (106,975 ballots), down 0.9 points on 1967. 105,395 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1959 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Independence Party36.2% of votes36.7% of seats
  • Progressive Party25.3% of votes28.3% of seats
  • People's Alliance17.1% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party10.5% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists8.9% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Candidature Party2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 10.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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