1953 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 35 seats in the Lower House and 17 seats in the Upper House ofAlthing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 89.90% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary electionswere held inIcelandon 28 June 1953.[1]TheIndependence Partyremained the largest party in the Lower House of theAlthing,winning 14 of the 35 seats.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]The elections were conducted underrural–urban proportional representation.Twenty-one members were elected in single-member constituencies viafirst-past-the-post voting,while the remainder were elected usingD'Hondt methodproportional representation:twelve members in two-member constituencies, eight members inReykjavík,and eleven from a single national compensatory list. To earn national list seats, a party had to win at least one constituency seat. In constituencies electing two or more members, within the party list, voters had the option to re-rank the candidates and could also strike a candidate out. Allocation of seats to candidates was done using a system based on theBorda count.[3]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
Independence Party | 28,738 | 37.12 | 14 | +1 | 7 | +1 | ||
Progressive Party | 16,959 | 21.91 | 10 | –1 | 6 | 0 | ||
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party | 12,422 | 16.05 | 5 | –1 | 2 | –1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 12,093 | 15.62 | 4 | –1 | 2 | 0 | ||
National Preservation Party | 4,667 | 6.03 | 2 | New | 0 | New | ||
Republican Party | 2,531 | 3.27 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
Total | 77,410 | 100.00 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 77,410 | 98.29 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,344 | 1.71 | ||||||
Total votes | 78,754 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 87,601 | 89.90 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
[edit]- ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p961ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- ^Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.)."Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland"(PDF).Electoral system change since 1945.Archived(PDF)from the original on 4 October 2021.Retrieved4 October2021.