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Iceland Alþingi election (october) 1942

Iceland elections · 1942-10-18 – 1942-10-19 · held

52 seats are reported in the cited Alþingi result table.

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

Turnout: 82.3%

Iceland Alþingi election (october) 1942 — recorded results
Party / candidateVotesVote shareSeatsPrevious seatsGain / lossElectoral votes
Independence Party2300138.55%2017+3—
Progressive Party1586926.6%1520-5—
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party1105918.53%106+4—
Social Democratic Party845514.17%76+1—
Commonwealth Party12842.15%000—

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 13, upper 7; Progressive Party: lower 10, upper 5; People's Unity Party – Socialist Party: lower 7, upper 3; Social Democratic Party: lower 5, upper 2; Commonwealth Party: lower 0, upper 0.

Sources & further reading

Historical electoral system and result tables

Statistics Iceland: historical national turnout