1923 Icelandic parliamentary election

none 1923 Icelandic parliamentary election Kingdom of Iceland no 1922 27 October 1923 1926 All 28 seats in the Lower Houseand 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing 15 and 8 70.90% (25.52pp) Upper HouseUpper Jón Magnússon Citizens' Party (Iceland, 1923) new 7 53.59 Þorleifur Jónsson Progressive Party (Iceland) 4 5 26.55 Einar Arnórsson Independence Party (Iceland, historical) 4 2 – Lower House Jón Magnússon Citizens' Party (Iceland, 1923) new 16 53.59 Þorleifur Jónsson Progressive Party (Iceland) 7 10 26.55 Jón Baldvinsson Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 0 1 16.18 Prime Minister Sigurður Eggerz Independence Party (Iceland, historical) x70px|Jón Magnússon Sigurður Eggerz Independence Party (Iceland, historical) x70px|Jón Magnússon Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 October 1923.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 978-3-8329-5609-7 Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House.Nohlen & Stöver, p954 The Citizens' Party, a loose collection of conservatives,Nohlen & Stöver, p965 emerged as the largest party in the Lower House, winning 16 of the 28 seats. Electoral system This was the first election held following changes made to the electoral system in 1920, in which two extra seats were allocated to Reykjavík. Whilst all seats had previously been elected in one or two-member constituencies, the four-member constituency for Reykjavík was now elected by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. The changes also equalised the age limits for voting between men (25) and women and servants (previously 40) at 25. Results LowerHouse +/– UpperHouseUpper Includes the three seats elected in 1922 +/– Citizens' Party 16272 16 New 7 New Progressive Party 8062 10 +3 5 +1 Social Democratic Party 4912.5 1 +1 0 0 Independence Party – – 2 –2 Independents 1115.5 1 New 0 New 784 +2 0 43932 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Parliament Iceland Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland