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Iceland 1999 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1999 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 26 of 63 seats with 40.7% of the vote. 84.1% 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 26 of 63 seats with 40.7% of the vote; 84.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.3 points on 1995.

  • Independence Party 26 +1 seat 40.7% +3.6 points
  • Social Democratic Alliance 17 26.8%
  • Progressive Party 12 −3 seats 18.4% −4.9 points
  • Left-Green Movement 6 9.1%
  • Liberal Party 2 4.2%
  • 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 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 40.7%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

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

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Independence Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1995. Progressive Party lost 3 seats.

  3. 84.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.3 points on 1995.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party26+140.7+3.667,513
Social Democratic Alliancewith People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and Women's List1726.844,378
Progressive Party12−318.4−4.930,415
Left-Green Movement69.115,115
Liberal Party24.26,919
Largest party without seats000.5−0.3742

± is the change against the Iceland 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 67,513
  • Social Democratic Alliance 44,378
  • Progressive Party 30,415
  • Left-Green Movement 15,115
  • Liberal Party 6,919
  • Largest party without seats 742

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?

84.1% of the 201,525 registered voters cast a ballot (169,431 ballots), down 3.3 points on 1995. 165,727 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 Party40.7% of votes41.3% of seats
  • Social Democratic Alliance26.8% of votes27.0% of seats
  • Progressive Party18.4% of votes19.0% of seats
  • Left-Green Movement9.1% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.2% of votes3.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Independence Party led Social Democratic Alliance by 13.9 points of the vote.

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