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.
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Results
1991 ← Summary of the 8 April 1995 Icelandic parliamentary election results → 1999 | |||||||||
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Party | Chairperson | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
Independence Party (D) | Davíð Oddsson | 61,183 | 37.1 | 1.5 | 25 | 1 | |||
Progressive Party (B) | Halldór Ásgrímsson | 38,485 | 23.3 | 4.4 | 15 | 2 | |||
People's Alliance (G) | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 23,597 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 9 | 0 | |||
Social Democratic Party (A) | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson | 18,846 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | |||
National Awakening (J) | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | 11,806 | 7.2 | new | 4 | new | |||
Women's List (V) | no designated chairperson | 8,031 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3 | 2 | |||
South List | 1,105 | 0.7 | new | 0 | new | ||||
Natural Law Party | 957 | 0.6 | new | 0 | new | ||||
Westfjords List | 717 | 0.4 | new | 0 | new | ||||
Christian Political Movement | 316 | 0.3 | new | 0 | new | ||||
Valid votes | 165,043 | 98.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,708 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
Total | 167,751 | 100 | – | 63 | – | ||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p977
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