1991 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 20 April 1991.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 42 seats.[2]
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Results
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| Party | Chairperson | Votes | % | +/– | Lower House | Upper House | |||
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| Independence Party (D) | Davíð Oddsson | 60,836 | 38.6 |  | 17 | | 9 | | |
| Progressive Party (B) | Steingrímur Hermannsson | 29,866 | 18.9 |  | 9 | | 4 |  | |
| Social Democratic Party (A) | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson | 24,459 | 15.5 | | 7 | | 3 | | |
| People's Alliance (G) | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 22,706 | 14.4 | | 6 | | 3 | | |
| Women's List (V) | no designated chairperson | 13,069 | 8.3 | | 3 | | 2 | | |
| Liberals | 1,927 | 1.2 | new | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Home Rule Association | 2,871 | 1.8 | new | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Green Candidature | 502 | 0.3 | new | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Extreme Social Democrats | 459 | 0.3 | new | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Labour Party of Iceland | 99 | 0.1 | new | 0 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Valid votes | 157,769 | 98.5 | | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,373 | 1.5 | | ||||||
| Total | 160,142 | 100 | – | 42 | – | 21 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 182,768 | 87.6 | | ||||||
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Aftermath
Following constitutional changes made in 1991, the Upper and Lower Houses of the Althing were abolished, and all members became part of a unicameral parliament.[2]
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p977
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