Iceland 1987 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 18 of 63 seats with 27.2% of the vote; 90.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.8 points on 1983.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
- Independence Party18
- Progressive Party13
- Social Democratic Party10
- People's Alliance8
- Citizens' Party7
- Women's List6
- Association for Justice and Equality1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 18 | −5 | 27.2 | −11.5 | 41,490 |
| Progressive Party | 13 | −1 | 18.9 | −0.1 | 28,902 |
| Social Democratic Party | 10 | +4 | 15.2 | +3.5 | 23,265 |
| People's Alliance | 8 | −2 | 13.3 | −4.0 | 20,387 |
| Citizens' Party | 7 | 10.9 | 16,588 | ||
| Women's List | 6 | +3 | 10.1 | +4.6 | 15,470 |
| Humanist Party | 0 | 1.6 | 2,434 | ||
| National Party | 0 | 1.3 | 2,047 | ||
| Association for Justice and Equality | 1 | 1.2 | 1,893 | ||
| Alliance of Social Democrats | 0 | −4 | 0.2 | −7.1 | 246 |
± is the change against the Iceland 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 41,490
- Progressive Party 28,902
- Social Democratic Party 23,265
- People's Alliance 20,387
- Citizens' Party 16,588
- Women's List 15,470
- Humanist Party 2,434
- National Party 2,047
- Association for Justice and Equality 1,893
- Alliance of Social Democrats 246
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
90.1% of the 171,402 registered voters cast a ballot (154,438 ballots), up 1.8 points on 1983. 152,722 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1978 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party27.2% of votes28.6% of seats
- Progressive Party18.9% of votes20.6% of seats
- Social Democratic Party15.2% of votes15.9% of seats
- People's Alliance13.3% of votes12.7% of seats
- Citizens' Party10.9% of votes11.1% of seats
- Women's List10.1% of votes9.5% of seats
- Association for Justice and Equality1.2% of votes1.6% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.3 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 8.3 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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