1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978.^[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats.^[2] Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

← 1974 25 June 1978 1979 →
All 40 seats in the Lower House and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Turnout	90.27%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Upper House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 6 −2 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 5 +1 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 5 +3 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 4 −2 Lower House Independence Geir Hallgrímsson 32.72 14 −3 People's Alliance Lúdvik Jósepsson 22.87 9 +2 Social Democratic Benedikt Gröndal 22.02 9 +6 Progressive Ólafur Jóhannesson 16.90 8 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Geir Hallgrímsson Independence Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Lower House	+/–	Upper House	+/–
	Independence Party	39,982	32.72	14	–3	6	–2
	People's Alliance	27,952	22.87	9	+2	5	+1
	Social Democratic Party	26,912	22.02	9	+6	5	+3
	Progressive Party	20,656	16.90	8	–3	4	–2
	Union of Liberals and Leftists	4,073	3.33	0	–2	0	0
	Independent Voters in the West Fjords[a]	776	0.63	0	New	0	New
	Independent Voters in Reykjanes	592	0.48	0	New	0	New
	The Political Party	486	0.40	0	New	0	New
	Independent Voters in the South[b]	466	0.38	0	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Communist League	184	0.15	0	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist)	128	0.10	0	0	0	0
Total		122,207	100.00	40	0	20	0
Valid votes		122,207	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		2,170	1.74
Total votes		124,377	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		137,782	90.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

1. Breakaway from the Union of Liberals and Leftists
2. Breakaway from the Independence Party