Social Democratic Party (Iceland)
Social Democratic Party Alþýðuflokkurinn | |
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Founded | 1916 |
Dissolved | May 2000 |
Merged into | Social Democratic Alliance |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
Colours | Red |
The Social Democratic Party (Icelandic: Alþýðuflokkurinn, lit. People's Party) was a social-democratic[1] political party in Iceland. It was founded in 1916 as the political representation of the trade unions of Iceland.[2]
History
Its first member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, was Jón Baldvinsson, who was elected in 1920.
The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1926 and 1940.[3]
Three times the party led the government of Iceland; in 1947-1949 under Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, in 1958-1959 under Emil Jónsson and under Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal in 1979-1980. Its longest participation in government was with the Independence Party from 1959-1971.
The Social Democratic Party was succeeded in 2000 by the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), a centre-left party with a wider political base created by the merger of the Social Democratic Party with the People's Alliance, Women's List and National Awakening.
Party chairmen
- Ottó N. Þorláksson (1916)
- Jón Baldvinsson (1916–38)
- Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1938–52)
- Hannibal Valdimarsson (1952–54)
- Haraldur Guðmundsson (1954–58)
- Emil Jónsson (1958–68)
- Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason (1968–74)
- Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1974–80)
- Kjartan Jóhannsson (1980–84)
- Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1984–96)
- Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson (1996–98)
- Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (1998–2000)
Election results
Election | Votes | Vote % | Seats | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
August 1916 | 398 |
6.8 |
N/A | 6th |
October 1916 | 903.5 |
6.8 |
1 |
6th |
1919 | 949 |
6.8 |
0 |
4th |
1922 | 2,033 |
17.2 |
N/A | 4th |
1923 | 4,912.5 |
16.2 |
1 |
3rd |
1926 | 3,164 |
22.7 |
N/A | 3rd |
1927 | 6,097.5 |
19.0 |
5 |
3rd |
1930 | 4,893 |
20.3 |
N/A | 3rd |
1931 | 6,197.5 |
16.1 |
4 |
3rd |
1933 | 6,864.5 |
19.2 |
5 |
3rd |
1934 | 11,269.5 |
21.7 |
10 |
3rd |
1937 | 11,084.5 |
19.0 |
8 |
3rd |
July 1942 | 8,979 |
15.4 |
6 |
4th |
October 1942 | 8,455 |
14.2 |
7 |
4th |
1946 | 11,914 |
17.8 |
9 |
4th |
1949 | 11,937 |
16.5 |
7 |
4th |
1953 | 12,093 |
15.6 |
6 |
4th |
1956 | 15,153 |
18.3 |
8 |
3rd |
June 1959 | 10,632 |
12.5 |
6 |
4th |
October 1959 | 12,909 |
15.2 |
9 |
4th |
1963 | 12,697 |
14.2 |
8 |
4th |
1967 | 15,059 |
15.7 |
9 |
4th |
1971 | 11,020 |
10.5 |
6 |
4th |
1974 | 10,345 |
9.1 |
5 |
4th |
1978 | 26,912 |
22.0 |
14 |
3rd |
1979 | 21,580 |
17.4 |
10 |
4th |
1983 | 15,214 |
11.7 |
6 |
4th |
1987 | 23,265 |
15.2 |
10 |
3rd |
1991 | 24,459 |
15.5 |
10 |
3rd |
1995 | 18,846 |
11.4 |
7 |
4th |
References
- ↑ Oskar Niedermayer; Richard Stöss; Melanie Haas (14 July 2006). Die Parteiensysteme Westeuropas. Springer-Verlag. p. 268. ISBN 978-3-531-14111-4.
- ↑ Eiríkur Bergmann Einarsson; Eirikur Bergmann (31 January 2014). Iceland and the International Financial Crisis: Boom, Bust and Recovery. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-137-33200-4.
- ↑ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985.
- Donald F. Busky. Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN 978-0-275-96886-1; pp. 71–72