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Iceland 1963 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1963 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 24 of 60 seats with 41.4% of the vote. 91.1% 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 24 of 60 seats with 41.4% of the vote; 91.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.8 points on 1959.

  • Independence Party 24 0 seats 41.4% +1.7 points
  • Progressive Party 19 +2 seats 28.2% +2.5 points
  • People's Alliance 9 −1 seat 16.0% 0.0 points
  • Social Democratic Party 8 −1 seat 14.2% −1.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Iceland October 1959 parliamentary election, party by party.

31 of 60 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.4%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 24 of 60 seats. A majority needs 31.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1959. Social Democratic Party lost 1 seat.

  3. 91.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.8 points on 1959.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party24041.4+1.737,021
Progressive Party19+228.2+2.525,217
People's Alliancewith National Preservation Party, People's Unity Party – Socialist Party and Debating Society of Social Democrats9−116.00.014,274
Social Democratic Party8−114.2−1.012,697

± is the change against the Iceland October 1959 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 37,021
  • Progressive Party 25,217
  • People's Alliance 14,274
  • Social Democratic Party 12,697

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 counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

91.1% of the 99,798 registered voters cast a ballot (90,958 ballots), up 0.8 points on 1959. 89,352 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1956 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party41.4% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Progressive Party28.2% of votes31.7% of seats
  • People's Alliance16.0% of votes15.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party14.2% of votes13.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 13.2 points of the vote.

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