Country: | Kingdom of Iceland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | August 1916 |
Election Date: | 21 October 1916 |
Next Election: | 1919 |
Seats For Election: | All 26 seats in the Lower House 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House |
Turnout: | 49.18% (24.90pp) |
First Election: | yes |
Heading1: | Upper House |
Leader1: | Jón Magnússon |
Party1: | Home Rule Party (Iceland) |
Seats1: | 7 |
Percentage1: | 39.95 |
Leader2: | Ólafur Briem |
Party2: | Farmers' Party (Iceland, 1913) |
Seats2: | 1 |
Last Election2: | new |
Percentage2: | 8.79 |
Leader3: | Disputed |
Party3: | Independence Party (Iceland, historical) |
Seats3: | 2 |
Percentage3: | 7.60 |
Leader4: | Einar Arnórsson |
Party4: | Independence – Þversum |
Seats4: | 3 |
Last Election4: | new |
Percentage4: | 7.03 |
Leader5: | Sigurður Jónsson |
Party5: | Independent Farmers |
Seats5: | 1 |
Last Election5: | new |
Percentage5: | 4.15 |
Heading6: | Lower House |
Leader6: | Jón Magnússon |
Party6: | Home Rule Party (Iceland) |
Seats6: | 8 |
Percentage6: | 39.95 |
Leader7: | Sigurður Eggerz |
Party7: | Independence – Langsum |
Seats7: | 3 |
Last Election7: | new |
Percentage7: | 15.71 |
Leader8: | Ólafur Briem |
Party8: | Farmers' Party (Iceland, 1913) |
Seats8: | 4 |
Last Election8: | new |
Percentage8: | 8.79 |
Leader9: | Disputed |
Party9: | Independence Party (Iceland, historical) |
Seats9: | 1 |
Percentage9: | 7.60 |
Leader10: | Einar Arnórsson |
Party10: | Independence – Þversum |
Seats10: | 6 |
Last Election10: | new |
Percentage10: | 7.03 |
Leader11: | Jón Baldvinsson |
Party11: | Social Democratic Party (Iceland) |
Seats11: | 1 |
Last Election11: | new |
Percentage11: | 6.77 |
Party12: | Independent Farmers |
Seats12: | 1 |
Last Election12: | new |
Percentage12: | 4.15 |
Leader13: | — |
Party13: | Independents |
Seats13: | 2 |
Percentage13: | 10.01 |
Minister for Iceland | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after August and October elections |
Before Election: | Einar Arnórsson |
Before Party: | Independence - Þversum |
After Party: | Home Rule Party (Iceland) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 21 October 1916.[1] Voters elected all 26 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House,[2] 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.