General election in Iceland 1991

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.6

18.9

15.5

14.4

8.3

4.3

D.

B.

A.

G

V

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1987

 % p

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

+11.4

± 0.0

+0.3

+1.1

-1.8

-10.9

D.

B.

A.

G

V

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats in the lower house

     

A total of 42 seats

• G : 6
• V : 3
• A : 7
• B : 9
• D : 17

Allocation of seats upper house

     

A total of 21 seats

• G : 3
• V : 2
• A : 3
• B : 4
• D : 9

The 1991 general election in Iceland took place on April 20, 1991. The two chambers (lower and upper house) of the national parliament Althing were newly elected . There were 63 seats available for election; 42 in the lower house and 21 in the upper house.

The election brought a victory for the Independence Party under Davíð Oddsson , who replaced Steingrímur Hermannsson from the Progressive Party as Prime Minister. Davíðs party was able to unite 38.6% of the vote and thus reached 8 more seats. However, the Citizens' Party ( Borgaraflokkurinn ), which had only been founded in 1987 , a split from the Independence Party, which had received 10.9% of the vote and 7 seats in the 1987 parliamentary elections, was practically absorbed again in the Independence Party in 1991.

The Samtök to jafnrétti og félagshyggju ( Engl. Association for Equality and Social Justice , dt. Association for equality and social justice ), who won a seat in the election in 1987 in the Althing, was not represented in Parliament.

Davíð formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party after the election .

Election result

Of the 182,768 eligible voters, 160,142 voted, which corresponds to a turnout of around 87.6%. 2,373 or around 1.5% of the votes were invalid.

In detail, the following results were obtained:

Result of the 1991 general election in Iceland

Political party		be right			House of Commons		House of Lords
		number	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Independence Party (D)	60,836	38.6	+11.4	17th	+5	9	+3
	Progress Party (B)	29,866	18.9	-	9	−1	4th	+1
	Social Democratic Party of Iceland (A)	24,459	15.5	+0.3	7th	-	3	-
	People's Alliance (G)	22,706	14.4	+1.1	6th	+1	3	-
	Women's Alliance (V)	13,069	8.3	−1.8	3	−1	2	-
	Others	6,833	4.3	-	-	-	-	-
total		157,769	100.0		42		21st
Valid votes		157,769	98.5
Invalid votes		2,373	1.5
voter turnout		160.142	87.6
Eligible voters		182,768	100.0
Source:

See also

• Icelandic political system
• List of political parties in Iceland

Web links

• Official website of the Icelandic Parliament Althing (Icelandic, English, Danish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Results of parliamentary elections ( memento of the original from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. statice.is (English) 
2. ^ ^{A b} electionresources.org: Election to Althing 1991