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Iceland 1991 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1991 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 26 of 63 seats with 38.6% of the vote. 87.6% 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 26 of 63 seats with 38.6% of the vote; 87.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.5 points on 1987.

  • Independence Party 26 +8 seats 38.6% +11.4 points
  • Progressive Party 13 0 seats 18.9% 0.0 points
  • Social Democratic Party 10 0 seats 15.5% +0.3 points
  • People's Alliance 9 +1 seat 14.4% +1.1 points
  • Women's List 5 −1 seat 8.3% −1.8 points
  • National Party 0 0 seats 1.8% +0.5 points
  • Liberals 0 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 1987 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.6%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 26 of 63 seats. A majority needs 32.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Independence Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1987. Women's List lost 1 seat.

  3. 87.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.5 points on 1987.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party26+838.6+11.460,836
Progressive Party13018.90.029,866
Social Democratic Party10015.5+0.324,459
People's Alliance9+114.4+1.122,706
Women's List5−18.3−1.813,069
National Partywith Humanist Party001.8+0.52,871
Liberals01.21,927

± is the change against the Iceland 1987 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 60,836
  • Progressive Party 29,866
  • Social Democratic Party 24,459
  • People's Alliance 22,706
  • Women's List 13,069
  • National Party 2,871
  • Liberals 1,927

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?

87.6% of the 182,768 registered voters cast a ballot (160,142 ballots), down 2.5 points on 1987. 157,769 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party38.6% of votes41.3% of seats
  • Progressive Party18.9% of votes20.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party15.5% of votes15.9% of seats
  • People's Alliance14.4% of votes14.3% of seats
  • Women's List8.3% of votes7.9% 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 4.2 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 19.7 points of the vote.

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