1995 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 April 1995.[1] They were the first elections after the Althing became a unicameral parliament in 1991.[2] The Independence Party remained the largest party, winning 25 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.

1995 Icelandic parliamentary election

8 April 1995 (1995-04-08)

All 63 seats in the Althing
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Party Independence Progressive People's Alliance
Last election 26 seats 13 seats 9 seats
Seats won
25 / 63
15 / 63
9 / 63
Seat change 1 2 0
Popular vote 61,183 38,485 23,597
Percentage 37.1% 23.3% 14.3%
Swing 1.5 4.4% 0.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir N/A
Party Social Democratic National Awakening Women's List
Last election 10 seats New party 5 seats
Seats won
7 / 63
4 / 63
3 / 63
Seat change 3 4 2
Popular vote 18,846 11,806 8,031
Percentage 11.4% 7.2% 4.9%
Swing 4.1% 7.2% 3.4%

Prime Minister before election

Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Elected Prime Minister

Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Results

1991 Summary of the 8 April 1995 Icelandic parliamentary election results 1999
Party Chairperson Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Independence Party (D)Davíð Oddsson61,18337.11.5251
Progressive Party (B)Halldór Ásgrímsson38,48523.34.4152
People's Alliance (G)Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson23,59714.30.190
Social Democratic Party (A)Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson18,84611.44.173
National Awakening (J)Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir11,8067.2new4new
Women's List (V)no designated chairperson8,0314.93.432
South List1,1050.7new0new
Natural Law Party9570.6new0new
Westfjords List7170.4new0new
Christian Political Movement3160.3new0new
Valid votes165,04398.40.1
Invalid/blank votes2,7081.60.1
Total167,75110063
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
D
37.07%
B
23.32%
G
14.30%
A
11.42%
J
7.15%
V
4.87%
Others
1.88%
Parliamentary seats
D
39.68%
B
23.81%
G
14.29%
A
11.11%
J
6.35%
V
4.76%

References

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


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