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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Home Rule Party3,25827.61
Progressive Party3,19627.11
Women's Candidate List2,67422.71
Social Democratic Party2,03317.20
Independence Party6335.40
Invalid/blank votes168
Total11,9621003
Registered voters/turnout29,09441.1
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p954
  3. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214
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