Icelandic parliamentary election, 1987
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 1987.[1] The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 42 seats.[2]
Electoral reform
Prior to the election three extra seats were added to the Althing for Reykjavík,[3] one in the Upper House and two in the Lower House.[4] The Hare quota replaced the D'Hondt method in the multi-member constituencies, although D'Hondt was still used for the compensatory seats.[3]
Results
| Party | Chairperson(s) | Votes | % | ± | Lower House | Upper House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | ± | Seats | ± | ||||||
| Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) | Þorsteinn Pálsson | 41,490 | 27.2 |  11.4 |
12 | 3 |
6 | 2 |
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| Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) | Steingrímur Hermannsson | 28,902 | 18.9 |  0.4 |
8 | 2 |
5 | 1 |
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| Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson | 23,265 | 15.2 | 3.5 |
7 | 3 |
3 | 1 |
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| People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið) | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 20,387 | 13.3 | 4.0 |
5 | 2 |
3 |  0 |
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| Citizens' Party (Borgaraflokkurinn) | Albert Guðmundsson | 16,588 | 10.9 | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | |
| Women's List (Kvennalistinn) | no designated chairperson | 15,470 | 10.1 | 4.6 |
4 | 2 |
2 | 1 |
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| Humanist Party (Flokkur mannsins) | Pétur Guðjónsson | 2,434 | 1.6 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| National Party (Þjóðarflokkurinn) | Pétur Valdimarsson | 2,047 | 1.3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Association for Equality and Sociality (Samtök um jafnrétti og félagshyggju) | Stefán Valgeirsson | 1,893 | 1.2 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | |
| Alliance of Social Democrats (Bandalag jafnaðarmanna) | Vilmundur Gylfason | 246 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
0 | 2 |
0 | 2 |
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| Valid votes | 152,722 | – | |||||||
| Invalid/Blank votes | 1,716 | – | |||||||
| Total | 154,438 | 100.0 | — | 42 | — | 21 | — | ||
| Electorate/Turnout | ? | ? | |||||||
| Source: Statistics Iceland, Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||||
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