Iceland 2017 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 16 of 63 seats with 25.2% of the vote; 81.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.0 points on 2016.
- Iceland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 16 | −5 | 25.2 | −3.0 | 49,548 |
| Left-Green Movement | 11 | +1 | 16.9 | +1.4 | 33,156 |
| Social Democratic Alliance | 7 | +4 | 12.1 | +6.5 | 23,654 |
| Centre Party | 7 | 10.9 | 21,337 | ||
| Progressive Party | 8 | 0 | 10.7 | −0.5 | 21,017 |
| Pirate Party | 6 | −4 | 9.2 | −4.9 | 18,053 |
| People's Party | 4 | +4 | 6.9 | +3.5 | 13,502 |
| Viðreisn | 4 | −3 | 6.7 | −3.5 | 13,122 |
| Bright Future | 0 | −4 | 1.2 | −5.8 | 2,394 |
± is the change against the Iceland 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Independence Party 49,548
- Left-Green Movement 33,156
- Social Democratic Alliance 23,654
- Centre Party 21,337
- Progressive Party 21,017
- Pirate Party 18,053
- People's Party 13,502
- Viðreisn 13,122
- Bright Future 2,394
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
81.2% of the 248,502 registered voters cast a ballot (201,777 ballots), up 2.0 points on 2016. 196,259 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Independence Party25.2% of votes25.4% of seats
- Left-Green Movement16.9% of votes17.5% of seats
- Progressive Party10.7% of votes12.7% of seats
- Social Democratic Alliance12.1% of votes11.1% of seats
- Centre Party10.9% of votes11.1% of seats
- Pirate Party9.2% of votes9.5% of seats
- People's Party6.9% of votes6.3% of seats
- Viðreisn6.7% of votes6.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.8 by votes and 6.5 by seats; Independence Party led Left-Green Movement 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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