July 1942 Icelandic parliamentary election

← 1937

5 July 1942

October 1942 →

All 33 seats in the Lower House
and 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

80.26%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Upper House
	Independence	Ólafur Thors	39.52	6	0
	Progressive	Jónas frá Hriflu	27.58	6	−1
	Socialist	Einar Olgeirsson	16.21	2	New
	Social Democratic	Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	15.45	2	0
Lower House
	Independence	Ólafur Thors	39.52	11	0
	Progressive	Jónas frá Hriflu	27.58	14	+2
	Socialist	Einar Olgeirsson	16.21	4	New
	Social Democratic	Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	15.45	4	−2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Ólafur Thors Independence	Ólafur Thors Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 5 July 1942. Although the Independence Party won a plurality of votes, the Progressive Party remained as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 33 seats.

Following the election, changes were made to the electoral system that reduced the over-representation of the Progressive Party. Early elections were held in October.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	22,975	39.52	11	0	6	0
	Progressive Party	16,033	27.58	14	+2	6	–1
	People's Unity Party – Socialist Party	9,423	16.21	4	+2	2	+1
	Social Democratic Party	8,979	15.45	4	–2	2	0
	Commonwealth Party	618	1.06	0	New	0	New
	Liberal Left	103	0.18	0	New	0	New
Total		58,131	100.00	33	0	16	0

Valid votes		58,131	98.63
Invalid/blank votes		809	1.37
Total votes		58,940	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,440	80.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p955

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