1999 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 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.

1999 Icelandic parliamentary election

8 May 1999 (1999-05-08)

All 63 seats in the Althing
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Davíð Oddsson Margrét Frímannsdóttir Halldór Ásgrímsson
Party Independence Social Democratic Progressive
Last election 25 seats 23 seats 15 seats
Seats won
26 / 63
17 / 63
12 / 63
Seat change 1 6 3
Popular vote 67,513 44,378 30,415
Percentage 40.7% 26.8% 18.4%
Swing 3.6 - 4.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Sverrir Hermannsson
Party Left-Green Liberal
Last election New party New party
Seats won
6 / 63
2 / 63
Seat change 6 2
Popular vote 15,115 6,919
Percentage 9.1% 4.2%
Swing 9.1% 4.2%

Prime Minister before election

Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Elected Prime Minister

Davíð Oddsson
Independence

Results

1995 Summary of the 8 May 1999 Icelandic parliamentary election results 2003
Party Chairperson Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Independence Party (D)Davíð Oddsson67,51340.73.6261
Social Democratic Alliance (S)Margrét Frímannsdóttir44,37826.8new176
Progressive Party (B)Halldór Ásgrímsson30,41518.44.9123
Left-Green Movement (V)Steingrímur J. Sigfússon15,1159.1new6new
Liberal Party (F)Sverrir Hermannsson6,9194.2new2new
Humanist Party7420.4new0new
Christian Democratic Party4410.3new0new
Anarchists in Iceland2040.0new0new
Valid votes165,72797.80.6
Invalid/blank votes3,6972.20.6
Total169,42410063
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
D
40.74%
S
26.78%
B
18.35%
V
9.12%
F
4.17%
Others
0.84%
Parliamentary seats
D
41.72%
S
26.98%
B
19.05%
V
9.52%
F
3.17%

By region

Region Independence Left-Green Liberal Progressive Social Democratic Other
East 26.34% 10.96% 2.90% 38.40% 21.20% 0.19%
Northeast 29.85% 22.04% 1.88% 29.17% 16.78% 0.27%
Northwest 31.94% 9.41% 3.27% 30.33% 24.84% 0.22%
Reykjanes 44.66% 5.86% 4.63% 16.03% 28.07% 0.75%
Reykjavik 45.71% 9.39% 4.18% 10.35% 29.02% 1.34%
South 36.02% 2.88% 2.85% 29.18% 28.73% 0.34%
West 33.35% 9.71% 1.99% 28.46% 26.11% 0.38%
Westfjords 29.61% 5.53% 17.71% 23.18% 23.59% 0.37%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

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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