Party

Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland

Party Historical

Alþýðuflokkurinn

Abbreviation: A
Founded: 1916
Dissolved: 2000
Official · und: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Profiles and linksNo official profile link is published.

Social linksNo social profile link is published.

Power-role history

Coalition

Apr 30, 1991 — Apr 23, 1995

Coalition

Sep 10, 1989 — Apr 30, 1991

Coalition

Sep 28, 1988 — Sep 10, 1989

Coalition

Jul 8, 1987 — Sep 17, 1988

Governing

Oct 15, 1979 — Feb 8, 1980

Coalition

Sep 1, 1978 — Oct 9, 1979

Coalition

Jul 10, 1970 — Jun 13, 1971

Coalition

Jun 11, 1967 — Jul 10, 1970

Coalition

Nov 14, 1963 — Jun 11, 1967

Coalition

Jun 9, 1963

Coalition

Nov 20, 1959 — Jun 9, 1963

Governing

Jun 28, 1959 — Nov 19, 1959

Governing

Dec 23, 1958 — Jun 28, 1959

Coalition

Jul 24, 1956 — Dec 4, 1958

Governing

Feb 4, 1947 — Dec 6, 1949

Coalition

Jun 30, 1946 — Feb 4, 1947

Coalition

Oct 21, 1944 — Jun 30, 1946

Coalition

Apr 17, 1939

Coalition

Jun 29, 1937

Coalition

Jul 28, 1934

Party lineage

Merged

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorSocial Democratic Alliance

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

May 5, 2000

Merged

PredecessorÞjóðvaki – Fylking fólksins
SuccessorAlþýðuflokkurinn

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Oct 2, 1996

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorÞjóðvaki – Fylking fólksins

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Jul 1, 1994

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorMálfundafélag jafnaðarmanna

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Jul 1, 1956

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorAlþýðubandalagið

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Apr 4, 1956

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorÞjóðvarnarflokkurinn

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Mar 15, 1953

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorSameiningarflokkur alþýðu – Sósíalistaflokkurinn

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Jul 1, 1938

Split

PredecessorAlþýðuflokkurinn
SuccessorKommtinistaflokkur

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Jul 1, 1930

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Alþýðuflokkurinn

Dataset coverage period: 1916–2000
Party Facts reference percentage: 22.0% · 1978
Original value: 22.0
ISO alpha-3: ISL
Party Facts ID: 1325
Reference names: A · Social Democratic Party
Created in source: Dec 29, 2012
Updated: May 3, 2019

Wikipedia reference Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Social democracy

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

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

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Party significance

Partial

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

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Candidacy

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1999-05-08

Social Democrats · Party

Completed · May 8, 1999

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1995-04-08

SDP · Party

Completed · Apr 8, 1995

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1991-04-20

SDP · Party

Completed · Apr 20, 1991

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1987-04-25

SDP · Party

Completed · Apr 25, 1987

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1983-04-23

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Apr 23, 1983

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1979-12-03

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Dec 3, 1979

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1978-06-25

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 25, 1978

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1974-06-30

SDP · Party

Completed · Jun 30, 1974

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1971-06-13

SDP · Party

Completed · Jun 13, 1971

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1967-06-11

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 11, 1967

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1963-06-09

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 9, 1963

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-10-26

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Oct 26, 1959

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-06-28

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Jun 28, 1959

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1956-06-24

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Jun 24, 1956

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1953-06-28

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Jun 28, 1953

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1949-10-24

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Oct 24, 1949

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1946-06-30

Alþýðuflokkurinn · Party

Completed · Jun 30, 1946

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1942-10-19

Alþýðuflokkur · Party

Completed · Oct 19, 1942

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1942-07-05

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jul 5, 1942

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1937-06-29

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 29, 1937

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1934-06-24

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 24, 1934

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1933-07-16

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jul 16, 1933

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1931-06-12

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jun 12, 1931

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1927-07-09

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Jul 9, 1927

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1923-10-27

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Oct 27, 1923

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1919-11-15

Social Democratic Party · Party

Completed · Nov 15, 1919

Affiliated party: Alþýðuflokkurinn

Independent media clusters

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

Conflicting

Sources conflict and no single current value is published.

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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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Electoral history

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1999-05-08 · Social Democrats

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1956-06-24 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 15,153
Seats: 8
Original value: 18.30
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1942-07-05 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 8,979
Seats: 6
Original value: 15.40
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1937-06-29 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,085
Seats: 8
Original value: 19.00
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1934-06-24 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,270
Seats: 10
Original value: 21.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1933-07-16 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,865
Seats: 5
Original value: 19.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1931-06-12 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,198
Seats: 4
Original value: 16.10
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1927-07-09 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,098
Seats: 5
Original value: 19.00
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1923-10-27 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 4,913
Seats: 1
Original value: 16.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1919-11-15 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 949
Seats: 0
Original value: 6.80
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1942-10-19 · Alþýðuflokkur

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 8,455
Seats: 7
Original value: 14.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1949-10-24 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,937
Seats: 7
Original value: 16.50
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1953-06-28 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 12,093
Seats: 6
Original value: 15.60
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

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

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1963-06-09 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 12,697
Seats: 8
Original value: 14.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1983-04-23 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 15,214
Seats: 6
Original value: 11.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1959-06-28 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 10,632
Seats: 6
Original value: 12.50
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1946-06-30 · Alþýðuflokkurinn

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,914
Seats: 9
Original value: 17.80
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1978-06-25 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 26,912
Seats: 14
Original value: 22.00
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1971-06-13 · SDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,020
Seats: 6
Original value: 10.50
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1974-06-30 · SDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 10,345
Seats: 5
Original value: 9.10
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1987-04-25 · SDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 23,265
Seats: 10
Original value: 15.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1979-12-03 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 21,580
Seats: 10
Original value: 17.40
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1967-06-11 · Social Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 15,059
Seats: 9
Original value: 15.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1995-04-08 · SDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 18,846
Seats: 7
Original value: 11.40
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Iceland — Parliamentary election — 1991-04-20 · SDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 24,459
Seats: 10
Original value: 15.50
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Sources

1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
2Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
3Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026