1974 Icelandic parliamentary election explained

Country:Iceland
Previous Election:1971
Election Date:30 June 1974
Next Election:1978
Seats For Election:All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout:91.44%
Heading1:Upper House
Heading6:Lower House
Leader1:Geir Hallgrímsson
Leader6:Geir Hallgrímsson
Party1:Independence Party (Iceland)
Party6:Independence Party (Iceland)
Last Election1:7
Last Election6:15
Seats1:8
Seats6:17
Percentage1:42.73
Percentage6:42.73
Leader2:Ólafur Jóhannesson
Leader7:Ólafur Jóhannesson
Party2:Progressive Party (Iceland)
Party7:Progressive Party (Iceland)
Last Election2:6
Last Election7:11
Seats2:6
Seats7:11
Percentage2:24.87
Percentage7:24.87
Leader3:Ragnar Arnalds
Leader8:Ragnar Arnalds
Party3:People's Alliance (Iceland)
Party8:People's Alliance (Iceland)
Last Election3:3
Last Election8:7
Seats3:4
Seats8:7
Percentage3:18.34
Percentage8:18.34
Leader4:Benedikt Gröndal
Leader9:Benedikt Gröndal
Party4:Social Democratic Party (Iceland)
Party9:Social Democratic Party (Iceland)
Last Election4:2
Last Election9:4
Seats4:2
Seats9:3
Percentage4:9.07
Percentage9:9.07
Party10:Union of Liberals and Leftists
Last Election10:4
Seats10:2
Percentage10:4.60
Prime Minister
Before Party:Progressive Party (Iceland)
After Party:Independence Party (Iceland)

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1974.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 40 seats.[2] They formed a coalition with the Progressive Party and Independence Party leader Geir Hallgrímsson was elected Prime Minister.

Background

Following the 1971 elections, a coalition government had been formed by the Progressive Party, People's Alliance and Union of Liberals and Leftists with the Progressives' Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

Early elections were triggered by the collapse of the coalition due to a petition to reconsider a policy that would close the United States naval base in Keflavik.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. News: Markham. James M.. Iceland's Elves Are Enlisted in Anti-Nato Effort. 1982-03-30. The New York Times. 2020-02-18. en-US. 0362-4331.