Country: | Iceland |
Previous Election: | October 1959 |
Election Date: | 9 June 1963 |
Next Election: | 1967 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing |
Turnout: | 91.14% |
Heading1: | Upper House |
Heading5: | Lower House |
Leader1: | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Leader5: | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Party1: | Independence Party (Iceland) |
Party5: | Independence Party (Iceland) |
Last Election1: | 8 |
Last Election5: | 16 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats5: | 16 |
Percentage1: | 41.43 |
Percentage5: | 41.43 |
Leader2: | Eysteinn Jónsson |
Leader6: | Eysteinn Jónsson |
Party2: | Progressive Party (Iceland) |
Party6: | Progressive Party (Iceland) |
Last Election2: | 6 |
Last Election6: | 11 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seats6: | 13 |
Percentage2: | 28.22 |
Percentage6: | 28.22 |
Party3: | People's Alliance (Iceland) |
Party7: | People's Alliance (Iceland) |
Last Election3: | 3 |
Last Election7: | 7 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seats7: | 6 |
Percentage3: | 15.98 |
Percentage7: | 15.98 |
Leader4: | Emil Jónsson |
Leader8: | Emil Jónsson |
Party4: | Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
Party8: | Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
Last Election4: | 3 |
Last Election8: | 6 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seats8: | 5 |
Percentage4: | 14.21 |
Percentage8: | 14.21 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Party: | Independence Party (Iceland) |
After Party: | Independence Party (Iceland) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 June 1963.[1] The Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.[2] Bjarni Benediktsson became Prime Minister after the elections.