1919 Icelandic parliamentary election

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15 November 1919

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All 26 seats in the Lower House
and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing
14 and 8 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

45.38%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Upper House
	Home Rule	Jón Magnússon	45.76	6	−1
	Independence	Einar Arnórsson	25.28	4	−1
	Progressive	Ólafur Briem	22.19	4	+2
Lower House
	Home Rule	Jón Magnússon	45.76	10	+2
	Independence	Einar Arnórsson	25.28	9	−1
	Progressive	Ólafur Briem	22.19	7	+2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Jón Magnússon Home Rule	Jón Magnússon Home Rule

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 15 November 1919. Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House. The Home Rule Party remained the largest party in the Lower House, winning 10 of the 26 seats.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Home Rule Party	6,423	45.76	10	+2	6	–1
	Independence Party	3,548	25.28	9	+8	4	+2
	Progressive Party	3,115	22.19	7	+2	4	+2
	Social Democratic Party	949	6.76	0	–1	0	0
Total		14,035	100.00	26	0	14	0

Valid votes		14,035	97.04
Invalid/blank votes		428	2.96
Total votes		14,463	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,870	45.38
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

Includes the six seats elected in 1916

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p954

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