1983 Icelandic parliamentary election

none Iceland 1979 23 April 1983 1987 All 40 seats in the Lower Houseand 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing 88.29% Upper House Lower House Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Party (Iceland) Independence Party (Iceland) 7 14 8 15 38.67 38.67 Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Progressive Party (Iceland) Progressive Party (Iceland) 6 11 4 10 19.05 19.05 Svavar Gestsson Svavar Gestsson People's Alliance (Iceland) People's Alliance (Iceland) 4 7 3 7 17.31 17.31 Kjartan Jóhannsson Kjartan Jóhannsson Social Democratic Party (Iceland) Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 3 7 2 4 11.71 11.71 Vilmundur Gylfason Vilmundur Gylfason Alliance of Social Democrats Alliance of Social Democrats new new 2 2 7.30 7.30 Women's List Women's List new new 1 2 5.48 5.48 Prime Minister Gunnar Thoroddsen Independence Party (Iceland) Steingrímur Hermannsson Progressive Party (Iceland) x70px|Steingrímur Hermannsson Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 23 April 1983.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p976 Results File:1983 Icelandic Althing.svg LowerHouse +/– UpperHouse +/– Independence Party 50251 15 +1 8 +1 Progressive Party 24754 10 –1 4 –2 People's Alliance 22490 7 0 3 –1 Social Democratic Party 15214 4 –3 2 –1 Alliance of Social Democrats 9489 2 New 2 New Women's List 7125 2 New 1 New Independent Voters in the West FjordsBreakaway from the Independence Party 639 0 New 0 New 3342 0 0 150977 Nohlen & Stöver By constituency ConstituencyPeople's AllianceSocial DemocraticAlliance of Social DemocratsProgressiveIndependenceOtherEastern29.85%3.98%3.81%37.90%24.46%0.00%Northeastern16.84%10.97%4.55%34.67%27.20%5.77%Northwestern18.03%7.21%3.10%40.34%31.32%0.00%Reykjanes13.77%14.83%8.11%11.91%44.18%7.21%Reykjavík18.98%10.78%9.49%9.42%42.97%8.37%Southern14.53%12.15%5.40%27.98%39.94%0.00%Westfjords13.14%16.79%3.58%27.43%27.45%11.61%Western15.21%13.50%6.34%30.21%34.74%0.00%Source: Constituency Level Election Archive Notes References Parliament Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland Iceland