October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916.[1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House,[2] the other six having been elected in August. The Home Rule Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning eight of the 26 seats.
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Lower House | Upper House[a] | |||
Home Rule Party | 5,333.5 | 40.0 | 8 | 7 |
Independence Party - Langsum | 2,097 | 15.7 | 3 | 0 |
Farmers' Party | 1,173 | 8.8 | 4 | 1 |
Independence Party | 1,014 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 |
Independence Party - Þversum | 938.5 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 |
Social Democratic Party | 903.5 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 |
Independent Farmers | 554 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 |
Independents | 1,336.5 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 680 | – | – | – |
Total | 14,030 | 100 | 26 | 14 |
Registered voters/turnout | 28,529 | 49.2 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a Includes the seats elected in August.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p954
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