1922 Icelandic parliamentary election
Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 8 July 1922.[1] Following reforms in 1915, the six seats in the Upper House appointed by the monarch were abolished, and replaced with six elected seats.[2] The seats were elected by proportional representation at the national level, using the D'Hondt method.[2] The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Home Rule Party | 3,258 | 27.6 | 1 |
| Progressive Party | 3,196 | 27.1 | 1 |
| Women's Candidate List | 2,674 | 22.7 | 1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 2,033 | 17.2 | 0 |
| Independence Party | 633 | 5.4 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 168 | – | – |
| Total | 11,962 | 100 | 3 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 29,094 | 41.1 | – |
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver | |||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p954
- Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
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