1974 Icelandic parliamentary election

none Iceland 1971 30 June 1974 1978 All 40 seats in the Lower Houseand 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing 91.44% Upper House Lower House Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Party (Iceland) Independence Party (Iceland) 7 15 8 17 42.73 42.73 Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive Party (Iceland) Progressive Party (Iceland) 6 11 6 11 24.87 24.87 Ragnar Arnalds Ragnar Arnalds People's Alliance (Iceland) People's Alliance (Iceland) 3 7 4 7 18.34 18.34 Benedikt Gröndal Benedikt Gröndal Social Democratic Party (Iceland) Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 2 4 2 3 9.07 9.07 Magnús Torfi Ólafsson Union of Liberals and Leftists 4 2 4.60 Prime Minister Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive Party (Iceland) Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Party (Iceland) Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1974.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 17 of the 40 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p976 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.Markham James M. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/30/world/iceland-s-elves-are-enlisted-in-anti-nato-effort.html Iceland's Elves Are Enlisted in Anti-Nato Effort 1982-03-30 The New York Times 2020-02-18 en-US 0362-4331 Results LowerHouse +/– UpperHouse +/– Independence Party 48764 17 +2 8 +1 Progressive Party 28381 11 0 6 0 People's Alliance 20924 7 0 4 +1 Social Democratic Party 10345 3 –1 2 0 Union of Liberals and Leftists 5245 2 –1 0 –2 Revolutionary Communist League 200 0 New 0 New Communist Movement – Marxists-Leninists 121 0 New 0 New Democratic Party in Reykjavík 67 0 New 0 New Democratic Party in the North East 42 0 New 0 New Democratic Party in Reykjanes 19 0 New 0 New 1467 0 0 126388 Nohlen & Stöver References Parliament Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland Iceland