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Iceland Alþingi election (july) 1942

Iceland elections · 1942-07-05 · held

49 seats are reported in the cited Alþingi result table.

Results: final · complete coverage · Valid party/list votes

Turnout: 80.3%

Iceland Alþingi election (july) 1942 — recorded results
Party / candidateVotesVote shareSeatsPrevious seatsGain / lossElectoral votes
Independence Party2297539.52%17170—
Progressive Party1603327.58%2019+1—
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party942316.21%6———
Social Democratic Party897915.45%68-2—
Commonwealth Party6181.06%0———
Liberal Left1030.18%0———

Blank and rejected ballots are excluded from result shares. Colours are a display palette. Unknown figures remain unreported. The published table describes both parliamentary divisions. Party seat totals combine lower and upper houses; the popular vote is counted once. Division allocation: Independence Party: lower 11, upper 6; Progressive Party: lower 14, upper 6; People's Unity Party – Socialist Party: lower 4, upper 2; Social Democratic Party: lower 4, upper 2; Commonwealth Party: lower 0, upper 0; Liberal Left: lower 0, upper 0.

Sources & further reading

Historical electoral system and result tables

Statistics Iceland: historical national turnout