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1922 Icelandic parliamentary election
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1922 Icelandic parliamentary election | ||
| country | Kingdom of Iceland | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| first_election | yes | ||
| previous_election | 1919 | ||
| election_date | 8 July 1922 | ||
| next_election | 1923 | ||
| seats_for_election | 3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing | ||
| turnout | 41.12% | ||
| leader1 | Jón Magnússon | ||
| party1 | Home Rule Party (Iceland) | ||
| seats1 | 1 | ||
| percentage1 | 27.62 | ||
| leader2 | Sveinn Ólafsson | ||
| party2 | Progressive Party (Iceland) | ||
| seats2 | 1 | ||
| percentage2 | 27.10 | ||
| party3 | Women's Candidate | ||
| color3 | #FF8FDC | ||
| seats3 | 1 | ||
| percentage3 | 22.67 | ||
| title | Prime Minister | ||
| before_election | Sigurður Eggerz | ||
| before_party | Independence Party (Iceland, historical) | ||
| before_image | [[File:Sigurður Eggerz.jpg | x70px | Jón Magnússon]] |
| after_election | Sigurður Eggerz | ||
| after_party | Independence Party (Iceland, historical) | ||
| after_image | [[File:Sigurður Eggerz.jpg | x70px | Jón Magnússon]] |
Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 8 July 1922. Following reforms in 1915, the six seats in the Upper House appointed by the monarch were abolished, and replaced with six elected seats. The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.
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References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- The seats were elected by [[proportional representation]] at the national level, using the [[D'Hondt method]].Nohlen & Stöver, p954
- Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p214
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