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Iceland 1919 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1919 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Home Rule Party won 16 of 40 seats with 45.8% of the vote. 45.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Iceland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Home Rule Party won 16 of 40 seats with 45.8% of the vote; 45.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Home Rule Party 16 45.8%
  • Independence Party 13 25.3%
  • Progressive Party 11 22.2%
  • Social Democratic Party 0 6.8%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
21 of 40 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.8%

    Share of the vote won by Home Rule Party

    Home Rule Party won 16 of 40 seats. A majority needs 21.

  2. 45.4%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Home Rule Party1645.86,423
Independence Party1325.33,548
Progressive Party1122.23,115
Social Democratic Party06.8949
Votes by party
  • Home Rule Party 6,423
  • Independence Party 3,548
  • Progressive Party 3,115
  • Social Democratic Party 949

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

45.4% of the 31,870 registered voters cast a ballot (14,463 ballots). 14,035 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Home Rule Party45.8% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Independence Party25.3% of votes32.5% of seats
  • Progressive Party22.2% of votes27.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party6.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Home Rule Party led Independence Party by 20.5 points of the vote.

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