1926 Icelandic parliamentary election

Kingdom of Iceland

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3 of the 14 seats in the Upper House of the Althing Turnout45.83%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats
Conservative	Jón Þorláksson	39.44	1
Progressive	Sveinn Ólafsson	24.96	1
Social Democratic	Jón Baldvinsson	22.69	1

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
Magnús Guðmundsson	Magnús Guðmundsson (acting) Conservative	Jón Þorláksson Conservative	Jón Þorláksson

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Elections to the Upper House of the Althing were held in Iceland on 1 July 1926.^[1] Six seats were elected by proportional representation at the national level, using the D'Hondt method.^[2] The remaining eight seats were elected along with the Lower House.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
Conservative Party	5,501	39.44	1
Progressive Party	3,481	24.96	1
Social Democratic Party	3,164	22.69	1
Independence Party	1,312	9.41	0
Women's Candidate List	489	3.51	0
Total		13,947	100.00	3
Valid votes		13,947	98.91
Invalid/blank votes		153	1.09
Total votes		14,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,767	45.83
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

A by-election was held on 23 October 1926.^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
Conservative Party	8,514	55.09	1
Progressive Party	6,940	44.91	0
Total		15,454	100.00	1
Valid votes		15,454	98.45
Invalid/blank votes		243	1.55
Total votes		15,697	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,422	49.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver