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Iceland 1927 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1927 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Progressive Party won 19 of 42 seats with 29.8% of the vote. 71.5% 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 : Progressive Party won 19 of 42 seats with 29.8% of the vote; 71.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Independence Party 16 42.5%
  • Progressive Party 19 29.8%
  • Social Democratic Party 5 19.0%
  • Liberal Party 1 5.8%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
22 of 42 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.8%

    Share of the vote won by Progressive Party

    Progressive Party won 19 of 42 seats. A majority needs 22.

  2. 71.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Independence Party1642.513,617
Progressive Party1929.89,533
Independents12.89,045
Social Democratic Party519.06,098
Liberal Party15.81,858
Votes by party
  • Independence Party 13,617
  • Progressive Party 9,533
  • Independents 9,045
  • Social Democratic Party 6,098
  • Liberal Party 1,858

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?

71.5% of the 46,047 registered voters cast a ballot (32,928 ballots). 32,009 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Party29.8% of votes45.2% of seats
  • Independence Party42.5% of votes38.1% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party19.0% of votes11.9% of seats
  • Liberal Party5.8% of votes2.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 12.7 points of the vote.

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