1967 Icelandic parliamentary election

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11 June 1967

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All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

91.37%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Upper House
	Independence	Bjarni Benediktsson	37.50	8	0
	Progressive	Eysteinn Jónsson	28.13	6	0
	People's Alliance	Hannibal Valdimarsson	17.61	3	0
	Social Democratic	Emil Jónsson	15.67	3	0
Lower House
	Independence	Bjarni Benediktsson	37.50	15	−1
	Progressive	Eysteinn Jónsson	28.13	12	−1
	People's Alliance	Hannibal Valdimarsson	17.61	7	+1
	Social Democratic	Emil Jónsson	15.67	6	+1

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

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Bjarni Benediktsson Independence	Bjarni Benediktsson Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 11 June 1967. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	36,036	37.50	15	–1	8	0
	Progressive Party	27,029	28.13	12	–1	6	0
	People's Alliance	16,923	17.61	7	+1	3	0
	Social Democratic Party	15,059	15.67	6	+1	3	0
	Independent Democratic Party	1,043	1.09	0	New	0	New
Total		96,090	100.00	40	0	20	0

Valid votes		96,090	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		1,765	1.80
Total votes		97,855	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		107,101	91.37
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p976

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