Iceland 1979 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 21 of 60 seats with 35.4% of the vote; 89.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 1978.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
- Independence Party21
- Progressive Party17
- People's Alliance11
- Social Democratic Party10
- Independents1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 21 | +1 | 35.4 | +2.7 | 43,838 |
| Progressive Party | 17 | +5 | 24.9 | +8.0 | 30,861 |
| People's Alliance | 11 | −3 | 19.7 | −3.2 | 24,401 |
| Social Democratic Party | 10 | −4 | 17.4 | −4.6 | 21,580 |
| Independents | 1 | 1.2 | 1,484 |
± is the change against the Iceland 1978 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 43,838
- Progressive Party 30,861
- People's Alliance 24,401
- Social Democratic Party 21,580
- Independents 1,484
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
89.3% of the 142,073 registered voters cast a ballot (126,929 ballots), down 0.9 points on 1978. 123,751 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1949 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party35.4% of votes35.0% of seats
- Progressive Party24.9% of votes28.3% of seats
- People's Alliance19.7% of votes18.3% of seats
- Social Democratic Party17.4% of votes16.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 10.5 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.