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Iceland October 1942 parliamentary election

What was the result of the October 1942 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats with 38.5% of the vote. 82.3% 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 : Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats with 38.5% of the vote; 82.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Independence Party 20 38.5%
  • Progressive Party 15 26.6%
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 10 18.5%
  • Social Democratic Party 7 14.2%
  • Common Wealth Party 0 2.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
27 of 52 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.5%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 20 of 52 seats. A majority needs 27.

  2. 82.3%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Independence Party2038.523,001
Progressive Party1526.615,869
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party1018.511,059
Social Democratic Party714.28,455
Common Wealth Party02.11,284
Votes by party
  • Independence Party 23,001
  • Progressive Party 15,869
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party 11,059
  • Social Democratic Party 8,455
  • Common Wealth Party 1,284

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?

82.3% of the 73,560 registered voters cast a ballot (60,576 ballots). 59,668 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party38.5% of votes38.5% of seats
  • Progressive Party26.6% of votes28.8% of seats
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party18.5% of votes19.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party14.2% of votes13.5% of seats
  • Common Wealth Party2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 11.9 points of the vote.

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