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October 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election

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Electoral reforms
Results
References

{{Politics of Iceland}}Early parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 and 26 October 1959.^[1] Following the electoral reforms made after the June elections, the Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.^[2]

Electoral reforms

The June 1959 elections had ended with both the Independence Party and the Progressive Party winning 13 seats, despite the IP receiving 42.5% of the vote to the PP's 27.2%.^[3] The electoral system involved a mix of single member constituencies, two-member constituencies elected using proportional representation (PR) and one large multi-member constituency for Reykjavík that also used PR.^[4]

The reforms saw the creation of eight multi-member constituencies elected using PR together with 11 compensatory seats.^[4] The number of seats for Reykjavík was also increased,^[4] increasing the overall total in the Lower House from 35 to 40 and in the Upper House from 17 to 20.^[5]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Lower House		Upper House
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Independence Party	33,800	39.7	16	+3	8	+1
Progressive Party	21,882	25.7	11	–2	6	0
People's Alliance	13,621	16.0	7	+2	3	+1
Social Democratic Party	12,909	15.2	6	+2	3	+1
National Preservation Party	2,883	3.4	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,331	–	–	–	–	–
Total	86,426	100	40	+5	20	+3
Registered voters/turnout	95,637	90.4	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. ^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}
2. ^Nohlen & Stöver, p976
3. ^Nohlen & Stöver, pp970-976
4. ^¹²Nohlen & Stöver, p955
5. ^Nohlen & Stöver, pp976-978

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