1937 Icelandic parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Iceland 1934 29 June 1937 July 1942 All 33 seats in the Lower Houseand 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing Upper House Ólafur Thors Independence Party (Iceland) 6 6 41.31 Jónas frá Hriflu Progressive Party (Iceland) 6 7 24.92 Jón Baldvinsson Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 3 2 18.98 Brynjólfur Bjarnason Communist Party of Iceland 0 1 8.44 Lower House Ólafur Thors Independence Party (Iceland) 14 11 41.31 Jónas frá Hriflu Progressive Party (Iceland) 9 12 24.92 Jón Baldvinsson Social Democratic Party (Iceland) 7 6 18.98 Brynjólfur Bjarnason Communist Party of Iceland 0 2 8.44 Þorsteinn Briem Farmers' Party (Iceland, 1933) 2 2 6.13 Prime Minister Hermann Jónasson Progressive Party (Iceland) Hermann Jónasson Progressive Party (Iceland) thumb|Ballot paper used for election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1937.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 978-3-8329-5609-7 Although the Independence Party won a plurality of votes, the Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 33 seats. Results LowerHouse +/– UpperHouse +/– Independence Party 24132 11 –3 6 0 Progressive Party 14556.5 12 +3 7 +1 Social Democratic Party 11084.5 6 –1 2 –1 Communist Party 4932.5 2 +2 1 +1 Farmers' Party 3578.5 2 0 0 –1 Nationalist Party 118 0 0 0 0 Independents 13 0 –1 0 0 681 0 0 67195 Nohlen & Stöver References Parliament Iceland Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland