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1926 Icelandic parliamentary election
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Kingdom of Iceland 1923 1 July 1926 1927 3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of the Althing 45.83% yes Jón Þorláksson Conservative Party (Iceland) 1 39.44 Sveinn Ólafsson Progressive Party (Iceland) 1 24.96 Jón Baldvinsson Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 1 22.69 Prime Minister Magnús Guðmundsson (acting) Conservative Party (Iceland) x70px|Magnús Guðmundsson Jón Þorláksson Conservative Party (Iceland) x70px|Jón Þorláksson
Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 1 July 1926.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 978-3-8329-5609-7 Six seats were elected by proportional representation at the national level, using the D'Hondt method.Nohlen & Stöver, p954 The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.
Results
Conservative Party 5501 1 Progressive Party 3481 1 Social Democratic Party 3164 1 Independence Party 1312 0 Women's Candidate List 489 0 #FF8FDC 153 30767 Mackie & Rose,Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p214 Nohlen & Stöver
By-election
A by-election was held on 23 October 1926.Nohlen & Stöver, pp961-962
Conservative Party 8514 1 Progressive Party 6940 0 243 31422 Nohlen & Stöver
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Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland