1987 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 1987.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 42 seats.[2]

Electoral reform

Prior to the election three extra seats were added to the Althing for Reykjavík,[3] one in the Upper House and two in the Lower House.[4] The Hare quota replaced the D'Hondt method in the multi-member constituencies, although D'Hondt was still used for the compensatory seats.[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Lower House		Upper House
					Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Independence Party	41,490	27.2	–11.4	12	–3	6	–2
	Progressive Party	28,902	18.9	+0.4	8	–2	5	+1
	Social Democratic Party	23,265	15.2	+3.5	7	+3	3	+1
	People's Alliance	20,387	13.3	–4.0	5	–2	3	0
	Citizens' Party	16,588	10.9	–	5	New	2	New
	Women's List	15,470	10.1	+4.6	4	+2	2	+1
	Humanist Party	2,434	1.6	–	0	New	0	New
	National Party	2,047	1.3	–	0	New	0	New
	Association for Justice and Equality	1,893	1.2	–	1	New	0	New
	Alliance of Social Democrats	246	0.2	–7.1	0	–2	0	–2
Invalid/blank votes		1,716	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		154,438	100	–	42	+2	21	+1
Registered voters/turnout		171,402	90.1	–	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p955
4. Nohlen & Stöver, pp977-979