1987 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 1987.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 42 seats.[2]
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Electoral reform
Prior to the election three extra seats were added to the Althing for Reykjavík,[3] one in the Upper House and two in the Lower House.[4] The Hare quota replaced the D'Hondt method in the multi-member constituencies, although D'Hondt was still used for the compensatory seats.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Lower House | Upper House | ||||
| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||||||
| Independence Party | 41,490 | 27.2 | –11.4 | 12 | –3 | 6 | –2 | ||
| Progressive Party | 28,902 | 18.9 | +0.4 | 8 | –2 | 5 | +1 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 23,265 | 15.2 | +3.5 | 7 | +3 | 3 | +1 | ||
| People's Alliance | 20,387 | 13.3 | –4.0 | 5 | –2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Citizens' Party | 16,588 | 10.9 | – | 5 | New | 2 | New | ||
| Women's List | 15,470 | 10.1 | +4.6 | 4 | +2 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Humanist Party | 2,434 | 1.6 | – | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| National Party | 2,047 | 1.3 | – | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Association for Justice and Equality | 1,893 | 1.2 | – | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Alliance of Social Democrats | 246 | 0.2 | –7.1 | 0 | –2 | 0 | –2 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,716 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 154,438 | 100 | – | 42 | +2 | 21 | +1 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 171,402 | 90.1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- Nohlen & Stöver, p955
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp977-979
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