June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 June 1959.[1] The Independence Party and the Progressive Party both won 13 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.[2] Following the tie, electoral reforms were introduced and early elections were held in October.

June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election
Iceland
28 June 1959
All 35 seats in the Lower House
and 17 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout90.63%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Ólafur Thors 42.49 7 +1
Progressive Hermann Jónasson 27.20 6 0
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.25 2 -1
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 12.54 2 0
Lower House
Independence Ólafur Thors 42.49 13 0
Progressive Hermann Jónasson 27.20 13 +2
People's Alliance Hannibal Valdimarsson 15.25 5 0
Social Democratic Emil Jónsson 12.54 4 -2
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Electoral system

The elections were conducted under two electoral systems. Twenty-one members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were elected using D'Hondt method proportional representation: twelve members in two-member constituencies, eight members in Reykjavík, and eleven from a single national compensatory list. To earn national list seats, a party had to win at least one constituency seat. In constituencies electing two or more members, within the party list, voters had the option to re-rank the candidates and could also strike a candidate out. Allocation of seats to candidates was done using a system based on the Borda count.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Lower
House		+/–Upper
House		+/–
Independence Party36,02942.491307+1
Progressive Party23,06127.2013+260
People's Alliance12,92915.25502–1
Social Democratic Party10,63212.544–220
National Preservation Party2,1372.520000
Total84,788100.00350170
Valid votes84,78898.42
Invalid/blank votes1,3591.58
Total votes86,147100.00
Registered voters/turnout95,05090.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. 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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