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Iceland 1995 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1995 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 25 of 63 seats with 37.1% of the vote. 87.4% 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 25 of 63 seats with 37.1% of the vote; 87.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1991.

  • Independence Party 25 −1 seat 37.1% −1.5 points
  • Progressive Party 15 +2 seats 23.3% +4.4 points
  • People's Alliance 9 0 seats 14.3% −0.1 points
  • Social Democratic Party 7 −3 seats 11.4% −4.1 points
  • People's Movement 4 7.2%
  • Women's List 3 −2 seats 4.9% −3.4 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 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.1%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 25 of 63 seats. A majority needs 32.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1991. Social Democratic Party lost 3 seats.

  3. 87.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.2 points on 1991.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party25−137.1−1.561,183
Progressive Party15+223.3+4.438,485
People's Alliance9014.3−0.123,597
Social Democratic Party7−311.4−4.118,846
People's Movement47.211,806
Women's List3−24.9−3.48,031
Largest party without seats00.71,105

± is the change against the Iceland 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 61,183
  • Progressive Party 38,485
  • People's Alliance 23,597
  • Social Democratic Party 18,846
  • People's Movement 11,806
  • Women's List 8,031
  • Largest party without seats 1,105

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?

87.4% of the 191,973 registered voters cast a ballot (167,751 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1991. 165,043 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party37.1% of votes39.7% of seats
  • Progressive Party23.3% of votes23.8% of seats
  • People's Alliance14.3% of votes14.3% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party11.4% of votes11.1% of seats
  • People's Movement7.2% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Women's List4.9% of votes4.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 13.8 points of the vote.

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