Iceland Alþingi election 1979
Iceland elections · 1979-12-02 – 1979-12-03 · held
60 members returned to the Alþingi.
Results: final · complete coverage · Valid party/list votes
Turnout: 89.3%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Previous seats | Gain / loss | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party | 43838 | 35.42% | 21 | 20 | +1 | — |
| Progressive Party | 30861 | 24.94% | 17 | 12 | +5 | — |
| People's Alliance | 24401 | 19.72% | 11 | 14 | -3 | — |
| Social Democratic Party | 21580 | 17.44% | 10 | 14 | -4 | — |
| Others and outside parties | 3071 | 2.48% | 1 | — | — | — |
Blank and rejected ballots are excluded from result shares. Colours are a display palette. Unknown figures remain unreported. National Statistics Iceland party categories; vote shares are calculated from exact valid votes and rounded to two decimal places. Residual categories are retained without inventing allocations to individual minor lists. The Althing then operated in two divisions; this is their combined membership elected through the same national contest, not duplicate lower- and upper-house popular ballots.
Sources & further reading
Statistics Iceland: national parliamentary results 1963–2024