Iceland 1978 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 20 of 60 seats with 32.7% of the vote; 90.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.2 points on 1974.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 20 | −5 | 32.7 | −10.0 | 39,982 |
| People's Alliance | 14 | +3 | 22.9 | +4.6 | 27,952 |
| Social Democratic Party | 14 | +9 | 22.0 | +12.9 | 26,912 |
| Progressive Party | 12 | −5 | 16.9 | −8.0 | 20,656 |
| Union of Liberals and Leftists | 0 | −2 | 3.3 | −1.3 | 4,073 |
± is the change against the Iceland 1974 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 39,982
- People's Alliance 27,952
- Social Democratic Party 26,912
- Progressive Party 20,656
- Union of Liberals and Leftists 4,073
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
90.3% of the 137,782 registered voters cast a ballot (124,377 ballots), down 1.2 points on 1974. 122,207 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1953 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party32.7% of votes33.3% of seats
- People's Alliance22.9% of votes23.3% of seats
- Social Democratic Party22.0% of votes23.3% of seats
- Progressive Party16.9% of votes20.0% of seats
- Union of Liberals and Leftists3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Independence Party led People's Alliance by 9.8 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.