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Iceland Alþingi election 1953

Iceland elections · 1953-06-28 · held

52 seats are reported in the cited Alþingi result table.

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

Turnout: 89.9%

Iceland Alþingi election 1953 — recorded results
Party / candidateVotesVote shareSeatsPrevious seatsGain / lossElectoral votes
Independence Party2873837.12%2119+2—
Progressive Party1695921.91%1617-1—
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party1242216.05%79-2—
Social Democratic Party1209315.62%67-1—
National Preservation Party46676.03%2———
Republican Party25313.27%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 14, upper 7; Progressive Party: lower 10, upper 6; People's Unity Party – Socialist Party: lower 5, upper 2; Social Democratic Party: lower 4, upper 2; National Preservation Party: lower 2, upper 0; Republican Party: lower 0, upper 0.

Sources & further reading

Historical electoral system and result tables

Statistics Iceland: historical national turnout