Iceland 1983 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 23 of 60 seats with 38.7% of the vote; 88.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1979.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 23 | +2 | 38.7 | +3.3 | 50,251 |
| Progressive Party | 14 | −3 | 19.0 | −5.9 | 24,754 |
| People's Alliance | 10 | −1 | 17.3 | −2.4 | 22,490 |
| Social Democratic Party | 6 | −4 | 11.7 | −5.7 | 15,214 |
| Alliance of Social Democrats | 4 | 7.3 | 9,489 | ||
| Women's List | 3 | 5.5 | 7,125 |
± is the change against the Iceland 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 50,251
- Progressive Party 24,754
- People's Alliance 22,490
- Social Democratic Party 15,214
- Alliance of Social Democrats 9,489
- Women's List 7,125
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
88.3% of the 150,977 registered voters cast a ballot (133,304 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1979. 129,962 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party38.7% of votes38.3% of seats
- Progressive Party19.0% of votes23.3% of seats
- People's Alliance17.3% of votes16.7% of seats
- Social Democratic Party11.7% of votes10.0% of seats
- Alliance of Social Democrats7.3% of votes6.7% of seats
- Women's List5.5% of votes5.0% 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 4.1 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 19.7 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
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