1971 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
13 June 1971

All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.44%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Jóhann Hafstein 36.22 7 −1
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 25.28 6 0
People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 17.13 3 0
Social Democratic Gylfi Þ. Gíslason 10.46 2 −1
Liberals & Leftists Hannibal Valdimarsson 8.91 2 New
Lower House
Independence Jóhann Hafstein 36.22 15 0
Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 25.28 11 −1
People's Alliance Ragnar Arnalds 17.13 7 0
Social Democratic Gylfi Þ. Gíslason 10.46 4 −2
Liberals & Leftists Hannibal Valdimarsson 8.91 3 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jóhann Hafstein Jóhann Hafstein
Independence
Ólafur Jóhannesson
Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 13 June 1971.[1] Although the Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats,[2] Independence Party leader Jóhann Hafstein resigned as Prime Minister the day after the elections as his party and its coalition partners had failed to win a majority of seats.[3] Ólafur Jóhannesson of the Progressive Party succeeded him as Prime Minister, announcing the formation of a new coalition government on the same day.[3] The new government's programme included expanding Icelandic fishing borders from 19 to 80 kilometers and gradually closing down Naval Air Station Keflavik but remaining committed to NATO membership.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House
+/–Upper
House
+/–
Independence Party38,17036.221507–1
Progressive Party26,64525.2811–160
People's Alliance18,05517.137030
Social Democratic Party11,02010.464–22–1
Union of Liberals and Leftists9,3958.913New2New
Candidature Party2,1102.000New0New
Total105,395100.00400200
Valid votes105,39598.52
Invalid/blank votes1,5801.48
Total votes106,975100.00
Registered voters/turnout118,28990.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 962. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. 1 2 3 Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2649.
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