1991 Icelandic parliamentary election

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20 April 1991

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All 42 seats in the Lower House
and 21 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

87.62%

Party	Leader	Vote %	Seats	/–
Upper House
Independence	Davíð Oddsson	38.56	9	3
Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	18.93	4	−1
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	15.50	3	0
People's Alliance	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	14.39	3	0
Women's List		8.28	2	0
Lower House
Independence	Davíð Oddsson	38.56	17	5
Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	18.93	9	1
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	15.50	7	0
People's Alliance	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	14.39	6	1
Women's List		8.28	3	−1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Steingrímur Hermannsson Progressive	Davíð Oddsson Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 20 April 1991.^[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 42 seats.^[2]

Results

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	/–	Upper House	/–
	Independence Party	60,836	38.56	17	5	9	3
	Progressive Party	29,866	18.93	9	1	4	–1
	Social Democratic Party	24,459	15.50	7	0	3	0
	People's Alliance	22,706	14.39	6	1	3	0
	Women's List	13,069	8.28	3	–1	2	0
	People's Party–Humanist Party	2,871	1.82	0	0	0	0
	Liberals	1,927	1.22	0	New	0	New
	Home Rule Association	975	0.62	0	New	0	New
	Green Candidature	502	0.32	0	New	0	New
	Extreme Social Democrats	459	0.29	0	New	0	New
	Labour Party of Iceland	99	0.06	0	New	0	New
Total		157,769	100.00	42	0	21	0

Valid votes		157,769	98.52
Invalid/blank votes		2,373	1.48
Total votes		160,142	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		182,768	87.62
Source: Nohlen & Stöver. Timarit

Aftermath

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Following constitutional changes made in 1991, the Upper and Lower Houses of the Althing were abolished, and all members became part of a unicameral parliament.^[2]

References

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^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b Nohlen & Stöver, p977

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