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Iceland 1983 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1983 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 23 of 60 seats with 38.7% of the vote. 88.3% 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 23 of 60 seats with 38.7% of the vote; 88.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1979.

  • Independence Party 23 +2 seats 38.7% +3.3 points
  • Progressive Party 14 −3 seats 19.0% −5.9 points
  • People's Alliance 10 −1 seat 17.3% −2.4 points
  • Social Democratic Party 6 −4 seats 11.7% −5.7 points
  • Alliance of Social Democrats 4 7.3%
  • Women's List 3 5.5%
  • 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 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.

31 of 60 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.7%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 23 of 60 seats. A majority needs 31.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Independence Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1979. Social Democratic Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 88.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.0 points on 1979.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party23+238.7+3.350,251
Progressive Party14−319.0−5.924,754
People's Alliance10−117.3−2.422,490
Social Democratic Party6−411.7−5.715,214
Alliance of Social Democrats47.39,489
Women's List35.57,125

± is the change against the Iceland 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 50,251
  • Progressive Party 24,754
  • People's Alliance 22,490
  • Social Democratic Party 15,214
  • Alliance of Social Democrats 9,489
  • Women's List 7,125

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?

88.3% of the 150,977 registered voters cast a ballot (133,304 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1979. 129,962 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party38.7% of votes38.3% of seats
  • Progressive Party19.0% of votes23.3% of seats
  • People's Alliance17.3% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party11.7% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Alliance of Social Democrats7.3% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Women's List5.5% of votes5.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 19.7 points of the vote.

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