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{{Infobox legislative election |
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{{Politics of Iceland}} |
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| country = Iceland |
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| previous_election = [[June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election|June 1959]] |
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| election_date = 25 and 26 October 1959 |
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| next_election = [[1963 Icelandic parliamentary election|1963]] |
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| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the Lower House<br>and 20 seats in the Upper House of [[Althing]] |
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| turnout = 90.37% |
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| heading1 = Upper House |
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'''Early parliamentary elections''' were held in [[Iceland]] on 25 and 26 October 1959.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7</ref> Following the electoral reforms made after the [[Icelandic parliamentary election, June 1959|June elections]], the [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the [[Althing]].<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p976</ref> |
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| heading5 = Lower House |
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| leader1 = [[Ólafur Thors]] |
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| leader5 = [[Ólafur Thors]] |
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| party1 = Independence Party (Iceland) |
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| party5 = Independence Party (Iceland) |
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| last_election1 = 7 |
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| last_election5 = 13 |
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| seats1 = 8 |
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| seats5 = 16 |
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| percentage1 = 39.72 |
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| percentage5 = 39.72 |
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| leader2 = [[Hermann Jónasson]] |
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| leader6 = [[Hermann Jónasson]] |
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| party2 = Progressive Party (Iceland) |
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| party6 = Progressive Party (Iceland) |
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| last_election2 = 6 |
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| last_election6 = 13 |
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| seats2 = 6 |
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| seats6 = 11 |
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| percentage2 = 25.71 |
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| percentage6 = 25.71 |
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| leader3 = {{nowrap|[[Hannibal Valdimarsson]]}} |
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| leader7 = {{nowrap|[[Hannibal Valdimarsson]]}} |
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| party3 = People's Alliance (Iceland) |
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| party7 = People's Alliance (Iceland) |
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| last_election3 = 2 |
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| last_election7 = 5 |
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| seats3 = 3 |
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| seats7 = 7 |
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| percentage3 = 16.01 |
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| percentage7 = 16.01 |
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| leader4 = [[Emil Jónsson]] |
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| leader8 = [[Emil Jónsson]] |
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| party4 = Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
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| party8 = Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
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| last_election4 = 2 |
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| last_election8 = 4 |
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| seats4 = 3 |
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| seats8 = 6 |
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| percentage4 = 15.17 |
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| percentage8 = 15.17 |
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| title = [[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] |
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| before_election = [[Emil Jónsson]] |
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| before_party = Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
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| after_election = [[Ólafur Thors]] |
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| after_party = Independence Party (Iceland) |
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}}{{Politics of Iceland}} |
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'''Early parliamentary elections''' were held in [[Iceland]] on 25 and 26 October 1959.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> Following the electoral reforms made after the [[June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election|June elections]], the [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the [[Althing]].<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p976</ref> |
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==Electoral reforms== |
==Electoral reforms== |
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The June 1959 elections had ended with both the Independence Party and the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] winning 13 seats, despite the IP receiving 42 |
The June 1959 elections had ended with both the Independence Party and the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] winning 13 seats, despite the IP receiving 42% of the vote to the PP's 27%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp970-976</ref> The electoral system at the time was [[rural–urban proportional representation]]: a lower tier comprised single member [[Constituencies of Iceland|constituencies]] elected using [[first-past-the-post voting]], two-member constituencies elected using [[party-list proportional representation]] (party-list PR) and one large multi-member constituency for [[Reykjavík (Althing constituency)|Reykjavík]] that also used party-list PR, topped up by an upper tier of eleven seats chosen from a single national compensatory list.<ref name=electoral-changes>{{Cite web|last=Renwick|first=Alan|date=2010|editor-last=Helgason|editor-first=Þorkell|editor2-last=Hermundardóttir|editor2-first=Friðný Ósk|editor3-last=Simonarson|editor3-first=Baldur|title=Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland|url=http://www.electoralsystemchanges.eu/Files/media/MEDIA_215/FILE/Iceland_summary.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211004181241/http://www.electoralsystemchanges.eu/Files/media/MEDIA_215/FILE/Iceland_summary.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2021|access-date=4 October 2021|website=Electoral system change since 1945}}</ref><ref name=DN>Nohlen & Stöver, p955</ref> |
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The reforms saw the replacement of this rural-urban proportional system with a two-tier party-list PR system; the lower tier now comprised eight multi-member constituencies, all elected using party-list PR.<ref name=DN/><ref name=electoral-changes/> Five constituencies elected five members each, two elected six members each and Reykjavík elected 12. The number of seats for Reykjavík was also increased from the prior elections,<ref name=DN/> increasing the overall total in the Lower House from 35 to 40 and in the Upper House from 17 to 20.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp976-978</ref> |
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The voters’ capacity to change the order of names on the PR lists was greatly reduced compared to prior elections as well; the existing [[Borda count]]-based system was now only being used to calculate one-third of the final number of votes deemed to have been received by each candidate, while the party’s unaltered ordering determined the remaining two-thirds.<ref name=electoral-changes/> |
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The reforms saw the creation of eight multi-member constituencies elected using PR together with 11 compensatory seats.<ref name=DN/> The number of seats for Reykjavík was also increased,<ref name=DN/> increasing the overall total in the Lower House from 35 to 40 and in the Upper House from 17 to 20.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp976-978</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|seattype1=Lower<br>House|seattype2=+/–|seattype3=Upper<br>House|seattype4=+/– |
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!rowspan=2|Party |
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|party1=[[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]]|votes1=33800|st1t1=16|st2t1=+3|st3t1=8|st4t1=+1 |
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!rowspan=2|Votes |
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|party2=[[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]|votes2=21882|st1t2=11|st2t2=–2|st3t2=6|st4t2=0 |
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!rowspan=2|% |
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|party3=[[People's Alliance (Iceland)|People's Alliance]]|votes3=13621|st1t3=7|st2t3=+2|st3t3=3|st4t3=+1 |
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!colspan=2|Lower House |
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|party4=[[Social Democratic Party (Iceland)|Social Democratic Party]]|votes4=12909|st1t4=6|st2t4=+2|st3t4=3|st4t4=+1 |
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!colspan=2|Upper House |
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|party5=[[National Preservation Party]]|votes5=2883|st1t5=0|st2t5=0|st3t5=0|st4t5=0 |
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|- |
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|invalid=1331 |
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!Seats |
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|total_st2t=+5|total_st4t=+3 |
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!+/– |
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|electorate=95637 |
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!Seats |
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|source=Nohlen & Stöver |
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!+/– |
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}} |
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|align=left|[[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]]||33,800||39.7||16||+3||8||+1 |
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|align=left|[[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]||21,882||25.7||11||–2||6||0 |
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|align=left|[[People's Alliance (Iceland)|People's Alliance]]||13,621||16.0||7||+2||3||+1 |
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|align=left|[[Social Democratic Party (Iceland)|Social Democratic Party]]||12,909||15.2||6||+2||3||+1 |
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|align=left|[[National Preservation Party]]||2,883||3.4||0||0||0||0 |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||1,331||–||–||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''86,426'''||'''100'''||'''40'''||'''+5'''||'''20'''||'''+3''' |
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|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||95,637||90.4||–||–||–||– |
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|align=left colspan=7|Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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==References== |
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Early parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 and 26 October 1959.[1] Following the electoral reforms made after the June elections, the Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.[2]
Electoral reforms
[edit]The June 1959 elections had ended with both the Independence Party and the Progressive Party winning 13 seats, despite the IP receiving 42% of the vote to the PP's 27%.[3] The electoral system at the time was rural–urban proportional representation: a lower tier comprised single member constituencies elected using first-past-the-post voting, two-member constituencies elected using party-list proportional representation (party-list PR) and one large multi-member constituency for Reykjavík that also used party-list PR, topped up by an upper tier of eleven seats chosen from a single national compensatory list.[4][5]
The reforms saw the replacement of this rural-urban proportional system with a two-tier party-list PR system; the lower tier now comprised eight multi-member constituencies, all elected using party-list PR.[5][4] Five constituencies elected five members each, two elected six members each and Reykjavík elected 12. The number of seats for Reykjavík was also increased from the prior elections,[5] increasing the overall total in the Lower House from 35 to 40 and in the Upper House from 17 to 20.[6]
The voters’ capacity to change the order of names on the PR lists was greatly reduced compared to prior elections as well; the existing Borda count-based system was now only being used to calculate one-third of the final number of votes deemed to have been received by each candidate, while the party’s unaltered ordering determined the remaining two-thirds.[4]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Lower House | +/– | Upper House | +/– | |||||
Independence Party | 33,800 | 39.72 | 16 | +3 | 8 | +1 | ||
Progressive Party | 21,882 | 25.71 | 11 | –2 | 6 | 0 | ||
People's Alliance | 13,621 | 16.01 | 7 | +2 | 3 | +1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 12,909 | 15.17 | 6 | +2 | 3 | +1 | ||
National Preservation Party | 2,883 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 85,095 | 100.00 | 40 | +5 | 20 | +3 | ||
Valid votes | 85,095 | 98.46 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,331 | 1.54 | ||||||
Total votes | 86,426 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 95,637 | 90.37 | ||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p976
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp970-976
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c Nohlen & Stöver, p955
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp976-978