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All 35 seats in the: Lower House and 17 seats in theââUpper House of Althing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 92.07% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 24 June 1956. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 13 of the 35 seats.
Electoral systemâ»
The elections were conducted under ruralâurban 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 ReykjavĂk, and eleven from a single national compensatory list. To earn national list seats, a party hadââto win at least one constituency seat. In constituencies electing two. Or more members, "within the party list," voters had the optionââto 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.
Resultsâ»
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/â | Upper House | +/â | |||||
Independence Party | 35,027 | 42.37 | 13 | â1 | 6 | â1 | ||
People's Alliance | 15,859 | 19.18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | +1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 15,153 | 18.33 | 6 | +2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Progressive Party | 12,925 | 15.63 | 11 | +1 | 6 | 0 | ||
National Preservation Party | 3,706 | 4.48 | 0 | â2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independents | 8 | 0.01 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
Total | 82,678 | 100.00 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 82,678 | 98.01 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,677 | 1.99 | ||||||
Total votes | 84,355 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 91,618 | 92.07 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Referencesâ»
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- ^ Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Ăorkell; HermundardĂłttir, FriĂ°nĂœ Ăsk; 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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