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Iceland Alþingi election (october) 1959

Iceland elections · 1959-10-25 – 1959-10-26 · held

60 seats are reported in the cited Alþingi result table.

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

Turnout: 90.4%

Iceland Alþingi election (october) 1959 — recorded results
Party / candidateVotesVote shareSeatsPrevious seatsGain / lossElectoral votes
Independence Party3380039.72%2420+4—
Progressive Party2188225.71%1719-2—
People's Alliance1362116.01%107+3—
Social Democratic Party1290915.17%96+3—
National Preservation Party28833.39%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 16, upper 8; Progressive Party: lower 11, upper 6; People's Alliance: lower 7, upper 3; Social Democratic Party: lower 6, upper 3; National Preservation Party: lower 0, upper 0.

Sources & further reading

Historical electoral system and result tables

Statistics Iceland: historical national turnout