1974 Icelandic parliamentary election

1974 Icelandic parliamentary election

30 June 1974
All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House ofAlthing
Turnout	91.44%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Upper House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 42.73 8 +1 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 24.87 6 0 People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 18.34 4 +1 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 9.07 2 0 Lower House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 42.73 17 +2 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 24.87 11 0 People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 18.34 7 0 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 9.07 3 −1 Liberals & Leftists Magnús Torfi Ólafsson 4.60 2 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Ministerbefore Prime Minister after Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive Geir Hallgrímsson Independence

Parliamentary electionswere held inIcelandon 30 June 1974.TheIndependence Partyremained the largest party in the Lower House of theAlthing,winning 17 of the 40 seats.They formed a coalition with theProgressive Partyand Independence Party leaderGeir Hallgrímssonwas elected Prime Minister.

Background

Following the1971 elections,a coalition government had been formed by the Progressive Party,People's AllianceandUnion of Liberals and Leftistswith the Progressives'Ólafur Jóhannessonas Prime Minister.

Early elections were triggered by the collapse of the coalition due to a petition to reconsider a policy that would close theUnited States navalbase in Keflavik.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	48,764	42.73	17	+2	8	+1
	Progressive Party	28,381	24.87	11	0	6	0
	People's Alliance	20,924	18.34	7	0	4	+1
	Social Democratic Party	10,345	9.07	3	–1	2	0
	Union of Liberals and Leftists	5,245	4.60	2	–1	0	–2
	Revolutionary Communist League	200	0.18	0	New	0	New
	Communist Movement – Marxists-Leninists	121	0.11	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in Reykjavík	67	0.06	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in the North East	42	0.04	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Party in Reykjanes	19	0.02	0	New	0	New
Total		114,108	100.00	40	0	20	0
Valid votes		114,108	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		1,467	1.27
Total votes		115,575	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		126,388	91.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver