Icelandic parliamentary election, 1937
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1937.[1] 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
| Party | Votes | % | Lower House | Upper House | ||
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| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| Independence Party | 24,132 | 41.3 | 11 | –3 | 6 | 0 |
| Progressive Party | 14,556.5 | 24.9 | 12 | +3 | 7 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 11,084.5 | 19.0 | 6 | –1 | 2 | –1 |
| Communist Party | 4,932.5 | 8.4 | 2 | +2 | 1 | +1 |
| Farmers' Party | 3,578.5 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Nationalist Party | 118 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 681 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 59,096 | 100 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 67,195 | 87.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
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