1923 Icelandic parliamentary election

1923 Icelandic parliamentary election

27 October 1923
All 28 seats in the Lower House and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing 15 and 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.90% (25.52pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Upper House Citizens' Jón Magnússon 53.59 7 New Progressive Þorleifur Jónsson 26.55 5 +1 Independence Einar Arnórsson – 2 −2 Lower House Citizens' Jón Magnússon 53.59 16 New Progressive Þorleifur Jónsson 26.55 10 +3 Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 16.18 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Sigurður Eggerz Independence Sigurður Eggerz Independence

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 October 1923. Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House. The Citizens' Party, a loose collection of conservatives, emerged as the largest party in the Lower House, winning 16 of the 28 seats.

Electoral system

This was the first election held following changes made to the electoral system in 1920, in which two extra seats were allocated to Reykjavík. Whilst all seats had previously been elected in one or two-member constituencies, the four-member constituency for Reykjavík was now elected by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method.

The changes also equalised the age limits for voting between men (25) and women and servants (previously 40) at 25.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Citizens' Party	16,272	53.59	16	New	7	New
	Progressive Party	8,062	26.55	10	+3	5	+1
	Social Democratic Party	4,912.5	16.18	1	+1	0	0
	Independence Party			–	–	2	–2
	Independents	1,115.5	3.67	1	New	0	New
Total		30,362	100.00	28	+2	14	0
Valid votes		30,362	97.48
Invalid/blank votes		784	2.52
Total votes		31,146	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,932	70.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver