1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

none Iceland 1974 25 June 1978 1979 All 40 seats in the Lower Houseand 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing 90.27% Upper House Lower House Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Party (Iceland) Independence Party (Iceland) 8 17 6 14 32.72 32.72 Lúdvik Jósepsson Lúdvik Jósepsson People's Alliance (Iceland) People's Alliance (Iceland) 4 7 5 9 22.87 22.87 Benedikt Gröndal Benedikt Gröndal Social Democratic Party (Iceland) Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 2 3 5 9 22.02 22.02 Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive Party (Iceland) Progressive Party (Iceland) 6 11 4 8 16.90 16.90 Prime Minister Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Party (Iceland) Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive Party (Iceland) Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978.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 14 of the 40 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p976 Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister. Results LowerHouse +/– UpperHouse +/– Independence Party 39982 14 –3 6 –2 People's Alliance 27952 9 +2 5 +1 Social Democratic Party 26912 9 +6 5 +3 Progressive Party 20656 8 –3 4 –2 Union of Liberals and Leftists 4073 0 –2 0 0 Independent Voters in the West FjordsBreakaway from the Union of Liberals and Leftists 776 0 New 0 New Independent Voters in Reykjanes 592 0 New 0 New The Political Party 486 0 New 0 New Independent Voters in the SouthBreakaway from the Independence Party 466 0 New 0 New Revolutionary Communist League 184 0 0 0 0 Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) 128 0 0 0 0 2170 0 0 137782 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Parliament Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland Iceland