Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1937.[1] Although the Independence Party won a plurality of votes, the Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 33 seats.
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All 33 seats in the Lower House and 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
| Independence Party | 24,132 | 41.31 | 11 | –3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Progressive Party | 14,556.5 | 24.92 | 12 | +3 | 7 | +1 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 11,084.5 | 18.98 | 6 | –1 | 2 | –1 | ||
| Communist Party | 4,932.5 | 8.44 | 2 | +2 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Farmers' Party | 3,578.5 | 6.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Nationalist Party | 118 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 13 | 0.02 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58,415 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 58,415 | 98.85 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 681 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Total votes | 59,096 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 67,195 | 87.95 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7