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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 23 April 1983.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
Independence Party | 50,251 | 38.67 | 15 | +1 | 8 | +1 | ||
Progressive Party | 24,754 | 19.05 | 10 | –1 | 4 | –2 | ||
People's Alliance | 22,490 | 17.31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | –1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 15,214 | 11.71 | 4 | –3 | 2 | –1 | ||
Alliance of Social Democrats | 9,489 | 7.30 | 2 | New | 2 | New | ||
Women's List | 7,125 | 5.48 | 2 | New | 1 | New | ||
Independent Voters in the West Fjords[lower-alpha 1] | 639 | 0.49 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
Total | 129,962 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 129,962 | 97.49 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,342 | 2.51 | ||||||
Total votes | 133,304 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 150,977 | 88.29 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency
Constituency | People's Alliance | Social Democratic | Alliance of Social Democrats | Progressive | Independence | Other |
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Eastern | 29.85% | 3.98% | 3.81% | 37.90% | 24.46% | 0.00% |
Northeastern | 16.84% | 10.97% | 4.55% | 34.67% | 27.20% | 5.77% |
Northwestern | 18.03% | 7.21% | 3.10% | 40.34% | 31.32% | 0.00% |
Reykjanes | 13.77% | 14.83% | 8.11% | 11.91% | 44.18% | 7.21% |
Reykjavík | 18.98% | 10.78% | 9.49% | 9.42% | 42.97% | 8.37% |
Southern | 14.53% | 12.15% | 5.40% | 27.98% | 39.94% | 0.00% |
Westfjords | 13.14% | 16.79% | 3.58% | 27.43% | 27.45% | 11.61% |
Western | 15.21% | 13.50% | 6.34% | 30.21% | 34.74% | 0.00% |
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive |
Notes
- ↑ Breakaway from the Independence Party
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
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