1983 Icelandic parliamentary election

23 April 1983

All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

88.29%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Upper House
	Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	38.67	8	+1
	Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	19.05	4	−2
	People's Alliance	Svavar Gestsson	17.31	3	−1
	Social Democratic	Kjartan Jóhannsson	11.71	2	−1
	Social Democrats	Vilmundur Gylfason	7.30	2	New
	Women's List		5.48	1	New
Lower House
	Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	38.67	15	+1
	Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	19.05	10	−1
	People's Alliance	Svavar Gestsson	17.31	7	0
	Social Democratic	Kjartan Jóhannsson	11.71	4	−3
	Social Democrats	Vilmundur Gylfason	7.30	2	New
	Women's List		5.48	2	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Gunnar Thoroddsen Independence	Steingrímur Hermannsson Progressive

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 23 April 1983. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats.