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Iceland 1987 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1987 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 18 of 63 seats with 27.2% of the vote. 90.1% 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 18 of 63 seats with 27.2% of the vote; 90.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.8 points on 1983.

  • Independence Party 18 −5 seats 27.2% −11.5 points
  • Progressive Party 13 −1 seat 18.9% −0.1 points
  • Social Democratic Party 10 +4 seats 15.2% +3.5 points
  • People's Alliance 8 −2 seats 13.3% −4.0 points
  • Citizens' Party 7 10.9%
  • Women's List 6 +3 seats 10.1% +4.6 points
  • Humanist Party 0 1.6%
  • National Party 0 1.3%
  • Association for Justice and Equality 1 1.2%
  • 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 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.2%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 18 of 63 seats. A majority needs 32.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1983. Independence Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 90.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.8 points on 1983.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party18−527.2−11.541,490
Progressive Party13−118.9−0.128,902
Social Democratic Party10+415.2+3.523,265
People's Alliance8−213.3−4.020,387
Citizens' Party710.916,588
Women's List6+310.1+4.615,470
Humanist Party01.62,434
National Party01.32,047
Association for Justice and Equality11.21,893
Alliance of Social Democrats0−40.2−7.1246

± is the change against the Iceland 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 41,490
  • Progressive Party 28,902
  • Social Democratic Party 23,265
  • People's Alliance 20,387
  • Citizens' Party 16,588
  • Women's List 15,470
  • Humanist Party 2,434
  • National Party 2,047
  • Association for Justice and Equality 1,893
  • Alliance of Social Democrats 246

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?

90.1% of the 171,402 registered voters cast a ballot (154,438 ballots), up 1.8 points on 1983. 152,722 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1978 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party27.2% of votes28.6% of seats
  • Progressive Party18.9% of votes20.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party15.2% of votes15.9% of seats
  • People's Alliance13.3% of votes12.7% of seats
  • Citizens' Party10.9% of votes11.1% of seats
  • Women's List10.1% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Association for Justice and Equality1.2% of votes1.6% 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 5.8 by votes and 5.3 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 8.3 points of the vote.

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