1937 Icelandic parliamentary election

1937 Icelandic parliamentary election
29 June 1937
All 33 seats in the Lower House
and 16 seats in the Upper House of Althing
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Upper House
Independence Ólafur Thors 41.31 6 0
Progressive Jónas frá Hriflu 24.92 7 +1
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 18.98 2 −1
Communist Brynjólfur Bjarnason 8.44 1 +1
Lower House
Independence Ólafur Thors 41.31 11 −3
Progressive Jónas frá Hriflu 24.92 12 +3
Social Democratic Jón Baldvinsson 18.98 6 −1
Communist Brynjólfur Bjarnason 8.44 2 +2
Farmers' Þorsteinn Briem 6.13 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hermann Jónasson
Progressive		 Hermann Jónasson
Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1937. Although the Independence Party won a plurality of votes, the Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 33 seats.

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