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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 April 1995.[1] They were the first elections after the Althing became a unicameral parliament in 1991.[2] The Independence Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 63 seats.[2] The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.

Electoral system changes

Compared to prior elections where eight seats were to be allocated to the constituencies before the election in order to reflect population and one seat could be allocated after the election, all seats were allocated before the election to constituencies.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Independence Party61,18337.07–1.4925–1
Progressive Party38,48523.32+4.3915+2
People's Alliance23,59714.30–0.0990
Social Democratic Party18,84611.42–4.087–3
National Awakening11,8067.15New4New
Women's List8,0314.87–3.413–2
South List1,1050.67New0New
Natural Law Party9570.58New0New
Westfjords List7170.43New0New
Christian Political Movement3160.19New0New
Total165,043100.00–630
Valid votes165,04398.39
Invalid/blank votes2,7081.61
Total votes167,751100.00
Registered voters/turnout191,97387.38
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p977
  3. ^ Renwick, Alan (2010). Helgason, Þorkell; Hermundardóttir, Friðný Ósk; Simonarson, Baldur (eds.). "Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945: Iceland" (PDF). Electoral system change since 1945. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.


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