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Iceland · Completed

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26

Oct 26, 1959

Elections

Conflicting
Jurisdiction
Iceland
Next national election
Oct 26, 1959
Role
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Selection method
Other method
Status
Completed
Round
1
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Contest rounds

Round 1 · Single round
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Completed
Published contest rules
{
  "early": true,
  "electorate": 95637,
  "source": "ParlGov",
  "sourceElectionId": 320,
  "sourceElectionType": "parliament",
  "totalSeats": 60,
  "validVotes": 85095,
  "votesCast": 86426
}

Candidates

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

Election results

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26 · National Preservation Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,883
Seats
0
Original value
3.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share3.4%

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26 · USP United Socialist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
13,621
Seats
10
Original value
16.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share16.0%

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
12,909
Seats
9
Original value
15.20
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share15.2%

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26 · Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
33,800
Seats
24
Original value
39.70
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share39.7%

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26 · Framsóknarflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
21,882
Seats
17
Original value
25.70
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share25.7%

Signal

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Sources

2

  1. 1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026