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Iceland 1971 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1971 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 22 of 60 seats with 36.2% of the vote. 90.4% 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 : Independence Party won 22 of 60 seats with 36.2% of the vote; 90.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 1967.

  • Independence Party 22 −1 seat 36.2% −1.3 points
  • Progressive Party 17 −1 seat 25.3% −2.8 points
  • People's Alliance 10 +1 seat 17.1% +3.2 points
  • Social Democratic Party 6 −3 seats 10.5% −5.2 points
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists 5 +5 seats 8.9% +7.8 points
  • Candidature Party 0 2.0%
  • 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 1967 parliamentary election, party by party.

31 of 60 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.2%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 22 of 60 seats. A majority needs 31.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Union of Liberals and Leftists

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1967. Social Democratic Party lost 3 seats.

  3. 90.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.9 points on 1967.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party22−136.2−1.338,170
Progressive Party17−125.3−2.826,645
People's Alliance10+117.1+3.218,055
Social Democratic Party6−310.5−5.211,020
Union of Liberals and Leftists5+58.9+7.89,395
Candidature Party02.02,110

± is the change against the Iceland 1967 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 38,170
  • Progressive Party 26,645
  • People's Alliance 18,055
  • Social Democratic Party 11,020
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists 9,395
  • Candidature Party 2,110

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.

How many people voted?

90.4% of the 118,289 registered voters cast a ballot (106,975 ballots), down 0.9 points on 1967. 105,395 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1959 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party36.2% of votes36.7% of seats
  • Progressive Party25.3% of votes28.3% of seats
  • People's Alliance17.1% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party10.5% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists8.9% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Candidature Party2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 10.9 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of