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This lists parties that won seats. See the "complete results below."
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1946. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 13 of the 35 seats.
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 system based on the Borda count.
Results※
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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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※
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p975
- ^ 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.
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