October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election

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21 October 1916

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All 26 seats in the Lower House
8 of 14 seats in the Upper House

Turnout

49.18% (

24.90pp)

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats
Upper House
	Home Rule	Jón Magnússon	39.95	7
	Farmers'	Ólafur Briem	8.79	1
	Independence	Disputed	7.60	2
	Independence – Þversum	Einar Arnórsson	7.03	3
	Ind. Farmers	Sigurður Jónsson	4.15	1
Lower House
	Home Rule	Jón Magnússon	39.95	8
	Independence – Langsum	Sigurður Eggerz	15.71	3
	Farmers'	Ólafur Briem	8.79	4
	Independence	Disputed	7.60	1
	Independence – Þversum	Einar Arnórsson	7.03	6
	Social Democratic	Jón Baldvinsson	6.77	1
	Ind. Farmers	Sigurður Jónsson	4.15	1
	Independents	—	10.01	2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Minister for Iceland before		Prime Minister after August and October elections
	Einar Arnórsson Independence - Þversum	Jón Magnússon Home Rule

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916. Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House, the other six having been elected in August. The Home Rule Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning eight of the 26 seats.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Lower House	Upper House
	Home Rule Party	5,333.5	39.95	8	7
	Independence Party – Langsum	2,097	15.71	3	0
	Farmers' Party	1,173	8.79	4	1
	Independence Party	1,014	7.60	1	2
	Independence Party – Þversum	938.5	7.03	6	3
	Social Democratic Party	903.5	6.77	1	0
	Independent Farmers	554	4.15	1	1
	Independents	1,336.5	10.01	2	0
Total		13,350	100.00	26	14

Valid votes		13,350	95.15
Invalid/blank votes		680	4.85
Total votes		14,030	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,529	49.18
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

Includes the seats elected in August

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p954

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