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]

1987 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
25 April 1987
All 42 seats in the Lower House
and 21 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.10%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Þorsteinn Pálsson 27.17 6 -2
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 18.92 5 +1
Social Democratic Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson 15.23 3 +1
People's Alliance Svavar Gestsson 13.35 3 0
Citizens' Albert Guðmundsson 10.86 2 New
Women's List 10.13 2 +1
Lower House
Independence Þorsteinn Pálsson 27.17 12 -3
Progressive Steingrímur Hermannsson 18.92 8 -2
Social Democratic Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson 15.23 7 +3
People's Alliance Svavar Gestsson 13.35 5 -2
Citizens' Albert Guðmundsson 10.86 5 New
Women's List 10.13 4 +2
Justice & Equality Stefán Valgeirsson 1.24 1 New
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Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur Hermannsson
Progressive		 Þorsteinn Pálsson
Independence		Þorsteinn Pálsson
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Electoral reform

Prior to the election three extra seats were added to the Althing for Reykjavík (increasing representation from 11 to 14),[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]

Four constituencies elected five members each, two elected six members each, and one elected eight members, while Reykjavík elected 14. At least eight of the remaining nine seats were to be allocated to the constituencies before the election in order to reflect population. One seat could be allocated after the election, in order to help ensure proportionality across parties. A party threshold was introduced at the constituency level at two-thirds of a Hare quota; seats were eliminated one at a time and the threshold was then recalculated.[5]

Results
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party41,49027.17–11.5012–36–2
Progressive Party28,90218.92–0.138–251
Social Democratic Party23,26515.23+3.527+331
People's Alliance20,38713.35–3.965–230
Citizens' Party16,58810.86New5New2New
Women's List15,47010.13+4.654+221
Humanist Party2,4341.59New0New0New
National Party2,0471.34New0New0New
Association for Justice and Equality1,8931.24New1New0New
Alliance of Social Democrats2460.16–7.140–20–2
Total152,722100.00–42+221+1
Valid votes152,72298.89
Invalid/blank votes1,7161.11
Total votes154,438100.00
Registered voters/turnout171,40290.10
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p955
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, pp977-979
  5. Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.). "Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland" (PDF). Electoral system change since 1945. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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