Iceland 2016 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 21 of 63 seats with 28.2% of the vote; 79.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 2013.
- Iceland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 21 | +2 | 28.2 | +1.5 | 54,990 |
| Left-Green Movement | 10 | +3 | 15.4 | +4.6 | 30,166 |
| Pirate Party | 10 | +7 | 14.1 | +9.0 | 27,449 |
| Progressive Party | 8 | −11 | 11.2 | −13.3 | 21,791 |
| Viðreisn | 7 | 10.2 | 19,870 | ||
| Bright Future | 4 | −2 | 7.0 | −1.3 | 13,578 |
| Social Democratic Alliance | 3 | −6 | 5.6 | −7.3 | 10,893 |
| People's Party | 0 | 3.4 | 6,707 |
± is the change against the Iceland 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 54,990
- Left-Green Movement 30,166
- Pirate Party 27,449
- Progressive Party 21,791
- Viðreisn 19,870
- Bright Future 13,578
- Social Democratic Alliance 10,893
- People's Party 6,707
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
79.2% of the 246,511 registered voters cast a ballot (195,200 ballots), down 2.3 points on 2013. 189,626 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party28.2% of votes33.3% of seats
- Left-Green Movement15.4% of votes15.9% of seats
- Pirate Party14.1% of votes15.9% of seats
- Progressive Party11.2% of votes12.7% of seats
- Viðreisn10.2% of votes11.1% of seats
- Bright Future7.0% of votes6.3% of seats
- Social Democratic Alliance5.6% of votes4.8% of seats
- People's Party3.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.5 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Independence Party led Left-Green Movement by 12.7 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.