1926 Icelandic parliamentary election

1926 Icelandic parliamentary election

1 July 1926
3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of the Althing
Turnout	45.83%
Party Leader Vote % Seats Conservative Jón Þorláksson 39.44 1 Progressive Sveinn Ólafsson 24.96 1 Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 22.69 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Magnús Guðmundsson (acting) Conservative Jón Þorláksson Conservative

Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 1 July 1926.^[1] Six seats were elected by proportional representation at the national level, using the D'Hondt method.^[2] The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party	5,501	39.44	1
	Progressive Party	3,481	24.96	1
	Social Democratic Party	3,164	22.69	1
	Independence Party	1,312	9.41	0
	Women's Candidate List	489	3.51	0
Total		13,947	100.00	3
Valid votes		13,947	98.91
Invalid/blank votes		153	1.09
Total votes		14,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,767	45.83
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

By-election

A by-election was held on 23 October 1926.^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party	8,514	55.09	1
	Progressive Party	6,940	44.91	0
Total		15,454	100.00	1
Valid votes		15,454	98.45
Invalid/blank votes		243	1.55
Total votes		15,697	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,422	49.96
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, p954
3. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
4. Nohlen & Stöver, pp961-962