1946 Icelandic parliamentary election

1946 Icelandic parliamentary election

30 June 1946
All 35 seats in the Lower House and 17 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout	87.42%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Upper House Independence Ólafur Thors 39.50 7 0 Progressive Hermann Jónasson 23.06 4 −1 Socialist Einar Olgeirsson 19.50 3 0 Social Democratic Stefán Stefánsson 17.81 3 +1 Lower House Independence Ólafur Thors 39.50 13 0 Progressive Hermann Jónasson 23.05 9 −1 Socialist Einar Olgeirsson 19.50 7 0 Social Democratic Stefán Stefánsson 17.81 6 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ólafur Thors Independence Ólafur Thors Independence

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1946.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 13 of the 35 seats.[2]

Electoral system

The elections were conducted under rural–urban proportional representation. Twenty-one members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were elected using D'Hondt method proportional representation: twelve members in two-member constituencies, eight members in Reykjavík, and eleven from a single national compensatory list. To earn national list seats, a party had to win at least one constituency seat. In constituencies electing two or more members, within the party list, voters had the option to re-rank the candidates and could also strike a candidate out. Allocation of seats to candidates was done using a system based on the Borda count.[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	26,428	39.50	13	0	7	0
	Progressive Party	15,429	23.06	9	–1	4	–1
	People's Unity Party – Socialist Party	13,049	19.50	7	0	3	0
	Social Democratic Party	11,914	17.81	6	+1	3	+1
	Independents	93	0.14	0	0	0	0
Total		66,913	100.00	35	0	17	0
Valid votes		66,913	98.55
Invalid/blank votes		983	1.45
Total votes		67,896	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		77,670	87.42
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p975
3. Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.). "Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland" (PDF). Electoral system change since 1945. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.