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1999 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
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All 63 seats in the Althing
Turnout84.11%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Independence Davíð Oddsson 40.74 26 +1
Social Democratic Margrét Frímannsdóttir 26.78 17 −6
Progressive Halldór Ásgrímsson 18.35 12 −3
Left-Green Steingrímur J. Sigfússon 9.12 6 New
Liberal Sverrir Hermannsson 4.17 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Davíð Oddsson
Independence
Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats.[2] The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Independence Party67,51340.74+3.6726+1
Social Democratic Alliance44,37826.78–10.9617–6
Progressive Party30,41518.35–4.9712–3
Left-Green Movement15,1159.12New6New
Liberal Party6,9194.17New2New
Humanist Party7420.45New0New
Christian Democratic Party4410.27New0New
Anarchists in Iceland2040.12New0New
Total165,727100.00630
Valid votes165,72797.82
Invalid/blank votes3,6972.18
Total votes169,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout201,44384.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources

By constituency

Constituency Independence Left-Green Liberal Progressive Social Democratic Other
Eastern 26.34% 10.96% 2.90% 38.40% 21.20% 0.19%
Northeastern 29.85% 22.04% 1.88% 29.17% 16.78% 0.27%
Northwestern 31.94% 9.41% 3.27% 30.33% 24.84% 0.22%
Reykjanes 44.66% 5.86% 4.63% 16.03% 28.07% 0.75%
Reykjavík 45.71% 9.39% 4.18% 10.35% 29.02% 1.34%
Southern 36.02% 2.88% 2.85% 29.18% 28.73% 0.34%
Western 33.35% 9.71% 1.99% 28.46% 26.11% 0.38%
Westfjords 29.61% 5.53% 17.71% 23.18% 23.59% 0.37%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p977