1999 Icelandic parliamentary election (original) (raw)
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1999 Icelandic parliamentary election
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| ← 1995 8 May 1999 (1999-05-08) 2003 → | |
| All 63 seats in the Althing | |
| Turnout | 84.11% |
| Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Independence Davíð Oddsson 40.74 26 +1 Social Democratic Margrét Frímannsdóttir 26.78 17 −6 Progressive Halldór Ásgrímsson 18.35 12 −3 Left-Green Steingrímur J. Sigfússon 9.12 6 New Liberal Sverrir Hermannsson 4.17 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Davíð OddssonIndependence Davíð OddssonIndependence |
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats.[2] The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| Independence Party | 67,513 | 40.74 | +3.67 | 26 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Alliance | 44,378 | 26.78 | –10.96 | 17 | –6 |
| Progressive Party | 30,415 | 18.35 | –4.97 | 12 | –3 |
| Left-Green Movement | 15,115 | 9.12 | New | 6 | New |
| Liberal Party | 6,919 | 4.17 | New | 2 | New |
| Humanist Party | 742 | 0.45 | New | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Party | 441 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New |
| Anarchists in Iceland | 204 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New |
| Total | 165,727 | 100.00 | – | 63 | 0 |
| Valid votes | 165,727 | 97.82 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,697 | 2.18 | |||
| Total votes | 169,424 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 201,443 | 84.11 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources |
| Constituency | Independence | Left-Green | Liberal | Progressive | Social Democratic | Other |
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| Eastern | 26.34% | 10.96% | 2.90% | 38.40% | 21.20% | 0.19% |
| Northeastern | 29.85% | 22.04% | 1.88% | 29.17% | 16.78% | 0.27% |
| Northwestern | 31.94% | 9.41% | 3.27% | 30.33% | 24.84% | 0.22% |
| Reykjanes | 44.66% | 5.86% | 4.63% | 16.03% | 28.07% | 0.75% |
| Reykjavík | 45.71% | 9.39% | 4.18% | 10.35% | 29.02% | 1.34% |
| Southern | 36.02% | 2.88% | 2.85% | 29.18% | 28.73% | 0.34% |
| Western | 33.35% | 9.71% | 1.99% | 28.46% | 26.11% | 0.38% |
| Westfjords | 29.61% | 5.53% | 17.71% | 23.18% | 23.59% | 0.37% |
| Source: Constituency Level Election Archive |
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p977